Officials say Rolls-electric Royce's small plane could be ready by 2025.

Rolls Royce's P-Volt, a 600 kWh battery-electric system, will be used for the first time in a commercial application for an eight-seater that can cruise up to 80 nautical miles, according to Rob Watson, president of the company's electrical business.

Rolls-fully-electric Royce's light aircraft is expected to be ready in three to five years, according to the company's electrical division president Rob Watson, who spoke to the media on February 14 at the biannual Singapore Airshow.

"In the next three to five years, you can see urban and regional air mobility, planes with 8-18 seats, becoming a real reality," Watson added.

Rolls Royce, which is best known for producing engines for Airbus and Boeing planes, has announced the first commercial application of its P-Volt, a 600 kWh battery electric system, for an eight to eighteen-seater that can go up to 80 nautical miles, according to Bloomberg.

He went on to say that when battery technology improves, the plane's range would expand, and it may "finally be able to fly 400 kilometres in the 2030s." "Now, we need to scale it for substantial economic influence," Watson said, expressing trust in the technology.

Airbus and Boeing narrowbody aircraft, on the other hand, are unlikely to go totally electric, according to him. "If you want to travel hundreds of people thousands of miles, which is the single-aisle market, a battery will never be able to do it because the energy density and weight of the battery will limit you."

"If you want to get to net-zero on those platforms, you'll do so primarily through sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and subsequently hydrogen," he explained.

Several aviation companies, including startups, are developing low-carbon aircraft with electric, hybrid electric, hydrogen, or SAF versions.

As the company reaches the critical certification stage, Watson said the company is "in talks with suppliers for battery cells." Even though it designs and assembles the packs, the firm will not produce battery cells. "In the next year, year and a half, we need to make supply selection judgments." This year, we're making decisions concerning our strategic suppliers," he explained.