Charged EVs | Pyka receives $7-million California tax credit to expand zero-emission autonomous aircraft manufacturing

Electrical plane startup Pyka has been awarded a $7-million California Competes Tax Credit score from the California Governor’s Workplace of Enterprise and Financial Growth (GO-Biz)—an earnings tax credit score for companies that find or develop in California.

Pyka’s expertise consists of autonomous flight management software program, flight computer systems, high-energy-density batteries, superior electrical propulsion methods and carbon-composite airframes.

The corporate not too long ago launched an autonomous cargo airplane (the Pelican Cargo), which encompasses a vary of as much as 200 miles, a payload of as much as 400 kilos in 66 cubic ft of cargo quantity, and a nose-loading system with a sliding cargo tray. The Pelican Cargo is powered by 4 electrical motors with a mixed 100 kW of output, and a 50 kWh swappable Li-ion battery pack. The plane makes use of 4 fixed-pitch propellers, two within the entrance and two behind the wing.

Supply: Green Car Congress