A battery bank is not a generator.  No number of links to consumer products grossly mislabeled “generator” will not change that fact.  It just means there are other people making the same, stupid mistake.

“The average home consumes about 9 kWh of power per day”

Where did you get this figure from? I’m a certified tight ass, and my usage is around 25 kwh/day. I’m pretty sure the US average is close to mine, if not more. After installing solar, I’ve been watching consumption closely.

I just checked my latest bill (which shows monthly usage for the past year), and I average about 18kWh. As inefficient as I know my house is, I can’t imagine it is double the national average.

Yeah... no. It’s not a generator. It’s a power storage device. Y’know, a battery.  It doesn’t create power  

Sorry, but just because other companies misuse the word doesn’t mean it’s correct. A battery is a storage device. It doesn’t generate anything. I’ve seen people advertising batteries like that as “solar generators” even though they come with no solar panels, which makes zero sense. They just call it a generator so…

“Generator”

it’s just a $2000 motorcycle. Nothing about what’s done to it makes it worth any more than than what it is.

Northwest, specifically the San Francisco Bay Area

Yeah sorry, but no.

Boomers are no longer the economic drivers of the marketplace, having aged/died out en masse and been replaced by Gens X & Y. Time to stop marketing to them.

Harleys are already incredibly stable.

So the solution for too much mass is more mass?

it doesn’t burn even a single drop of fuel in the process

No. The amount of energy you can get from a solar cell is pitifully small compared to the cruising requirement for an aircraft.

900 miles by 2025. 

This makes the eCaravan the world’s largest all-electric commercial aircraft.

So an hour of flight? I must be missing something.

Kudos for taking something that has 1,200 range and drop it down to 50 (given 30mins of reserve for alternate).  This wouldn’t be useful in cold climates where heat is needed, that could drop the range down to 20 miles.

Tesla is more likely to hit that number than this company.

It is a huge step, though it’s a huge step in a damned marathon. Chucking more batteries at this won’t overcome issues with range, as the added weight will rapidly chew up any range you might have earned in the first place.

Worth noting, the necessity of the above is driven by the fact that even lightweight aircraft like the Cessna with passengers &/OR cargo on board see range additions diminish to zero at ridiculously low ranges (Typically under 200 miles, with this strategy of “just throw batteries in the belly and get it in the air”…