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CX Daily: Motor-Makers Start Their Engines for Electric Aviation Take Off

Published: Sep. 10, 2025  9:30 a.m.  GMT+8
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French aerospace giant Safran’s ENGINeUS 100 electric aircraft motor. Photo: Safran
French aerospace giant Safran’s ENGINeUS 100 electric aircraft motor. Photo: Safran

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In Depth: Motor-Makers Start Their Engines for Electric Aviation Take Off

Chinese upstarts and their established foreign rivals are in a race to control a field that looks set to take off in the coming years: electric aircraft motors.

Domestic firms have piled into the sector amid Beijing’s pledges of support for the “low-altitude economy” — which includes drones, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) and electric fixed-wing aircraft.

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