Wright Electric, Inc. (Wright) is a U.S.-based company developing the world’s first family of zero-emissions commercial aircraft. The Wright Spirit will incorporate Wright’s megawatt-class electric propulsion system and serve the 100-passenger market for one-hour flights by retrofitting BAe 146 aircraft with entry into service in 2026. The Wright 1 will be a 186-seat airliner with an 800-mile range, targeting entry into service in 2030.
Location: United States, New York, Albany
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $647K
Founded date: 2016
Investors 7
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 28.08.2020 | Grant | $647K | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
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| 17.10.2022 | 6 top players racing to crack the near-impossible puzzle of ... | Eviation's Alice electric plane made its first flight in September. Eviation This story is available... | businessin... |
| 08.11.2021 | Wright Electric Announces Details of Powertrain Development ... | Wright has taken another key step in the development of the world’s first zero-emissions regional je... | marketscre... |
| 05.11.2021 | Wright Electric Launches the Wright Spirit – The World's Fir... | Wright Electric, Inc., a leader in net-zero propulsion and aircraft design, announced the launch of ... | marketscre... |
| 08.09.2021 | Wright тестирует 2-мегаваттные электродвигатели для пассажир... | Стартап Wright начал испытывать 2-мегаваттные электродвигатели для пассажирских самолетов, которые п... | habr.com/r... |
| 07.09.2021 | EasyJet : partner Wright Electric successfully tests powerfu... | easyJet welcomes these important milestones which are crucial steps forward on the path to zero-emis... | marketscre... |
| 07.09.2021 | Wright tests its 2-megawatt electric engines for passenger p... | Just like the automotive industry, aerospace has its sights set on going electric — but flying with ... | techcrunch... |
| 03.05.2019 | Today's Entrepreneur: Jude Gomila, Golden CEO | This week, he celebrates the launch of a startup aimed to organize information better than Wikipedia... | vator.tv/n... |
| 08.07.2018 | The electric aircraft is taking off | Evan Gaj Contributor Evan Gaj is a mechanical engineering graduate from Lehigh University currently... | techcrunch... |
| 21.03.2017 | All 51 startups that debuted at Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 2 | More than 15,000 founders from 7,200 startups applied to this batch of Y Combinator . It chose just ... | techcrunch... |
| 21.03.2017 | Wright Electric unveils its commercial electric plane busine... | Gas is the biggest cost for airlines. The easiest way to reduce these costs? Don’t use gas at all. T... | techcrunch... |
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