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Electric commuter plane

Cosmik

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https://www.theguardian.com/busines...er-plane-backed-by-boeing-to-take-off-in-2022

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A plane that ticks the electric 'zero emissions' box. But as long as it's the case that
"a fuel-powered engine would be used to generate electricity to power the motors for additional range."
then it's not very convincing..?
 

RayDunzl

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"The planes eventually would fly solely on battery power and were being designed to fly with one pilot and to eventually be remotely piloted, he said."

Uh-huh.

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