First production-line electric plane from BETA soars in gorgeous video

Small aircraft manufacturer BETA Technologies has rolled the first electric plane off its fully scaled production line in Vermont. You can go along for the ride with this milestone-setting aircraft in a slick new video from the makers.

In the crowded space of electric aircraft, BETA Technologies has truly risen to the top. As early as May of 2021, the SMG consulting firm ranked BETA second in its list of manufacturers most likely to bring an electric plane to market.

It seems that the prediction was well thought out as the company has just announced that its production facility is fully certified and operational in the US state of Vermont. That facility opened in October 2023 and has the capacity to produce up to 300 aircraft per year. According to BETA, the facility represents the “first scaled manufacturing facility for electric aircraft in the United States.”

“Within a year, BETA has gone from …