Originally Posted by
wayner92
And the cost of the chargers. Who is going to pay for their installation? Especially if the route speculation is correct and a lot of the airports visited by this plane will be very small.
From the FAQ on their website:
https://heartaerospace.com/faq/
We estimate the cost per charger for the ES-19 to be around $500k. A significant part of this infrastructure could be dual-purpose supporting the ground transportation and service vehicles.
(Granted it refers to their older aircraft, but I can't see the price for the ES-30 charger being hugely different)
The unit price of conventional regional turboprops runs upwards of $20M, and these aircraft certainly wouldn't be any cheaper. So while the half million for each charger isn't exactly chump change, it's probably not a huge concern compared to the price of the aircraft itself.