# Eviation Aircraft: drone company

Canonical ID: `4fb002d1-af64-451b-8990-172b28b6d952`

## Key facts

- **Status:** Paused — laid off most staff Feb 2025, seeking funding (indefinite pause)
- **First flight:** [Alice](/models/eviation-alice.md) first flight September 27, 2022, Moses Lake WA
- **Target:** Was targeting 2026 FAA certification and entry into service
- **Capacity:** [Alice](/models/eviation-alice.md) — 9 passengers, 2 pilots, all-electric commuter
- **Specs:** 250 kts cruise, 2,600 lb max load
- **CEO:** [André Stein](/people/andre-stein.md) (since December 2023; formerly CEO of Embraer's EVE Air Mobility)
- **Founders:** [Omer Bar-Yohay](/people/omer-bar-yohay.md), [Omri Regev](/people/omri-regev.md), [Aviv Tzidon](/people/aviv-tzidon.md) (2015)
- **Majority owner:** Clermont Group (Singapore, 70% stake since August 2019)
- **Orders:** 600+ aircraft ordered by Cape Air, DHL, Air New Zealand, GlobalX, Aerus (total value >$5B)
- **Battery supplier:** Kokam (lithium polymer pouch cells)
- **Motor supplier:** magniX (magni650 electric powerplants)
- **Wing partner:** GKN Aerospace (wing, empennage, EWIS design and manufacture since May 2020)

- **Slug:** eviation
- **Status:** paused
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** Arlington, Washington, USA
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [Eviation Alice](/models/alice.md) (aerial) (id: `d7562437-12d7-46a9-977d-607130a79aba`)
- [Alice](/models/eviation-alice.md) (aerial) (id: `ab156cf3-3e5d-4e79-a4d2-c80ae40ca9e9`)

## Current leadership (4)

- [Omer Bar-Yohay](/people/omer-bar-yohay.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Omri Regev](/people/omri-regev.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Aviv Tzidon](/people/aviv-tzidon.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [André Stein](/people/andre-stein.md) CEO (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Incidents affecting Eviation Aircraft (1)

- [Eviation Alice prototype destroyed by battery fire](/incidents/eviation-alice-prototype-fire-2020-01.md), 2020-01-22 · Malfunction
    - via [Eviation Alice](/models/alice.md)

_Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents excluded from this view but reachable at their canonical URLs._

## Common questions

### What is Eviation Aircraft?

Israeli-American electric aircraft company that developed the [Alice](/models/alice) — a nine-passenger all-electric commuter aircraft. Founded in 2015, Eviation is majority-owned by Singapore's Clermont Group and is based in Arlington, Washington. As of February 2025, the company has paused development and laid off most staff while seeking additional funding and partnerships.

### What does Eviation Aircraft make?

Eviation Aircraft has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Eviation Alice, Alice (Eviation Aircraft builds physical robots).

### Where is Eviation Aircraft headquartered?

Eviation Aircraft is headquartered in Arlington, Washington, USA.

### Where does Eviation Aircraft operate robots?

Eviation Aircraft is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

### Are there any incidents involving Eviation Aircraft?

1 active incident involving Eviation Aircraft is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/inside-the-abrupt-collapse-of-electric-airplane-startup-eviation/
2. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2025-02-18/eviation-pauses-alice-electric-aircraft-while-seeking-new

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