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February 13, 2023

Heart Aerospace hopes to build a plane even Greta Thunberg would fly on

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has already sold 200+ electric planes to the US and Canada


Mimi Billing

6 min read

Heart Aerospace's cofounder Anders Forslund

It’s slightly ironic that you need a car to reach Swedish green transport startup Heart Aerospace’s headquarters.

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Picture of the skeleton of Heart Aerospace's 30-seater electric plane.
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Picture of Christoffer Levandowski at Heart Aerospace
Christoffer Levandowski, head of R&D at Heart Aerospace
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The offices of Heart Aerospace in Gothenburg
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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