Online-Seminar

Zero-emissions electric aircraft: opportunities and certification timeline

Speaker: Ivor van Dartel (Co-Founder & CEO, VÆRIDION)

Date:
28. January 2025
18:00 h CET

Ivor van Dartel designed his first electric aircraft when still an Aerospace Engineering student at TU Delft, with a group of 10 students, back in 2007. After finishing his MSc final thesis project within Lockheed Martin on the F-35 electrical system, Ivor joined Airbus to work on several positions in engineering, operations, manufacturing, program management and research & technology. He was project leader for the Hybrid Electric Propulsion System of the E-Fan X Hybrid Electric Demonstrator. 

Late 2021, Ivor and his co-founder Dr. Sebastian Seemann founded VÆRIDION to ensure a green revolution in aviation within this decade with battery-electric aircraft. The concept is based on two main proprietary innovations: the highest possible integration between wing and battery modules, as well as a fully redundant and segregated multi-engine, single propeller propulsion system. The VÆRIDION microliner will enable true zero emission regional flights before 2030, allowing to accomplish climate goals without limiting air traffic. VÆRIDION is also an active member of European Regions Airline Association (ERA).

In addition to his commercial activities, Ivor co-chairs the Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation's (AZEA) Working Group 1 “Rollout scenarios for electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft” together with Airbus and DLR. Together with his team, Ivor leads the BERTL (Batterieflügel für Elektrische Regionale Transport-Luftfahrtzeuge) project-consortium with the Technical University of Munich and Bauhaus Luftfahrt, which is funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.

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