schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agoCATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expectedelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down12
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minus-squareDave.@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoAn electric Dash-8 equivalent with 20-40 seats would be a game changer on regional routes. The engines are the highest maintenance and cost items in aircraft. Electric motors should* drastically reduce that. *Perhaps battery maintenance replaces that cost with a rough equivalent, I don’t know
An electric Dash-8 equivalent with 20-40 seats would be a game changer on regional routes.
The engines are the highest maintenance and cost items in aircraft. Electric motors should* drastically reduce that.
*Perhaps battery maintenance replaces that cost with a rough equivalent, I don’t know