The Cessna 208 Caravan has an empty weight of 2,145 kg. The article states the battery is roughly 1 tonne (1,000 kg). One could assume the electrified version is slightly lighter, sans batteries, empty due to the lack of need for a lot of the gas related items.
So if the plane is now somewhere in the range of 3,000 kg at takeoff, clearly shedding up to 30% of the planes weight would allow it to fly quite a bit farther. That's one of the advantages of gas, as you burn it, you get lighter, you get more fuel efficient.
So if the plane is now somewhere in the range of 3,000 kg at takeoff, clearly shedding up to 30% of the planes weight would allow it to fly quite a bit farther. That's one of the advantages of gas, as you burn it, you get lighter, you get more fuel efficient.