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Wright Electric (YC W17) — Boeing for electric planes

Wright Electric is building commercial electric airplanes for lower prices, higher safety, and zero emissions. The Wright 1 is a 186 passenger electric plane designed for routes like LA-SF and London-Paris.

Wright Electric is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Boeing for electric planes. The founders listed are Jeff Engler (Founder/CEO), Doug Griswold (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 4, 2016).

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Wright Electric

New accelerator entry · 2016-11-04 · the record

Winter 2017
batch
4
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2017
Announced2016-11-04
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size4
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Aviation and Space
SectorsAirplanes, Climate
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedAlbany, NY, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttp://www.weflywright.com

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Wright Electric is building commercial electric airplanes for lower prices, higher safety, and zero emissions. The Wright 1 is a 186 passenger electric plane designed for routes like LA-SF and London-Paris. We work with airlines like easyJet and VivaAerobus.

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