EP Systems Announces “Significant Partnership” with Regent Seaglider

U.S‑based EP Sys­tems (Elec­tric Pow­er Sys­tems) has announced it’s entered into a sig­nif­i­cant part­ner­ship with Regent Air­craft, to sup­ply elec­tric pow­er inte­gra­tion tech­nol­o­gy for the company’s seaglid­er, reports a press release.

This coolab­o­ra­tion is a sig­nif­i­cant devel­op­ment, “as it com­bines the exper­tise and resources of two indus­try lead­ers,” explains the release, “to cre­ate an inno­v­a­tive and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly solu­tion bring­ing a new lev­el of effi­cien­cy and sus­tain­abil­i­ty to the trans­porta­tion indus­try.”

The seaglid­er offers high-speed, zero-emis­sion trans­porta­tion along coastal water­ways. The use of state-of-the-art pow­er inte­gra­tion tech­nol­o­gy will not only make the craft able to ser­vice routes up to 180 miles on a sin­gle charge, but also enable it to oper­ate qui­et­ly, reduc­ing noise pol­lu­tion. This will have great ben­e­fits, par­tic­u­lar­ly in areas where noise abate­ment is a con­cern, such as near res­i­den­tial areas and wildlife habi­tats.

REGENT Unveils Full-Scale Pro­to­type of Elec­tric-Pow­ered Seaglid­er, Plans for 600,000 Sq. Ft Man­u­fac­tur­ing Facil­i­ty

Regent has already gained USD8 bil­lion in orders from major air­lines and lead­ing fer­ry oper­a­tors in five dif­fer­ent con­ti­nents. The company’s 12-pas­sen­ger seaglid­er, Viceroy, is expect­ed to enter ser­vice by mid-decade.

Bil­ly Thal­heimer, CEO of Regent, com­ment­ed, “EP Sys­tems exper­tise in pro­duc­ing high-qual­i­ty, effi­cient bat­tery tech­nol­o­gy is sec­ond to none, and they share our deep com­mit­ment to safe­ty. We are con­fi­dent that their bat­tery solu­tion will help make the seaglid­er a true game-chang­er in the trans­porta­tion indus­try.”

EP Sys­tems tech­nol­o­gy will enable the seaglid­er to fly with a longer range and high­er speed, while reduc­ing oper­at­ing costs and main­te­nance require­ments.

Nathan Mil­le­cam

Nathan Mil­le­cam, CEO of EP Sys­tems, empha­sised, “Our tech­nol­o­gy will enable the vehi­cle to achieve greater effi­cien­cy, reli­able paced oper­a­tions, and a sus­tain­able solu­tion for this ground­break­ing form of trans­porta­tion.”

EPS adds Regent to a grow­ing list of cus­tomers that includes NASA, Boe­ing, Dia­mond Air­craft, Plana, Safran, Super­nal, VoltAero and the FAA. The com­pa­ny also pro­vides its elec­tric pow­er­train sys­tem to X‑57, Boeing’s CAV (Car­go Air Vehi­cle) and Bell Helicopter’s hybrid Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty air­craft (Bell Nexus).

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.regentcraft.com/

www.epsenergy.com

(Top image: Regent)