From commuting in air taxis to making regional flights more affordable and long-haul flights more environmentally friendly, electric planes hold a lot of promise. Right now, more than 200 start-ups are working on building some sort of electric aircraft, according to Bob Buddecke, the vice president of power systems for Honeywell Aerospace.Some small electric planes have completed test flights, but most of the focus is on hybrid planes, especially for higher capacity long distance flights.
NASA is partnering with the FAA to come up with certification standards and make electric flight a reality. Until then, companies likeare partnering with electric flight start-ups to experiment with air taxis and what's known as vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Watch the video to learn more about how close we are to a future with electric planes, and why we aren't there yet.
Because we cant even keep many of the fuel powered ones up in the air
And you never will
Batteries too heavy?
How many have been tested? Coronavius
Tl:dr poor people
Because elonmusk is busy...
Batteries are not big enough and the extension cords are not long enough 🤡🤡🤡
because we cant keep fuel powered ones in the sky 100% yet
Thank you for tackling the tough questions that literally no one is asking.
Death?
Pump $TSLA more.
I’ll go with “Because they don’t work” for $200 Alex
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Not enough extension cords?
Because batteries are so heavy.
Can't make a cord long enough
A ridiculous article that shows the author had no knowledge of physics or engineering and the editors didn't care.
There’s no reason. They’re waiting for someone to start it! I’m dialing elonmusk right now. Hold on! 📞...............................
GOD HELP US! PLS KEEP THE WOKE ENVIRONMENTALISTS FROM OUR VERY SAFE OIL-FUELED PLANES!
Several companies have electric planes. One solar powered plane circumnavigated the globe.
⚡️⚡️⚡️Danger
Oh shut up
Physics?
The solution is simple Ask elonmusk
Can’t make extension cords long enough?
Without succumbing to the click-bait, I’d guess battery weight is the main reason.
Never will! Tell them why soon as America became energy independent the fascist new world order globalists demand we stop using fossil fuel? Yet you intellectually challenged democrats either don't realize or refuse to admit Obama expanded oil drilling and YOU SAID NOTHING! FU
'Attention all passengers !!!' 'We need all unnecessary weight thrown overboard at this time as we are headed toward high cirrus clouds and our solar cells will lose full capacity to the motors !!!' 'Stewards ! Push the drink and snack cart out the rear door at this time !!!'
It costs too much, simple. Costs for solar will come down, materials lighter, and in 20-30-50 years the sun will be 50-80-99% energy source for humanity. And the climate alarmists can STFU.
'yet' as if it's a foregone conclusion... Boeing's backlog is decades, and no electric, jackass
Because we need that thing in the center of Iron Mans chest to power electric motors for any reasonable amount of time without the weight of batteries. And there is an electric plane only used for short flight pilot training.
Can someone please work on electric leaf blowers? (Preferably silent ones?)
We're testing electric seaplanes in Victoria BC Canada now
Because the gas company is crooked and also because we procrastinate and will not develop the technology until we know there’s nothing left fuck it let’s use at all we don’t need gas
Because Boeing can't keep traditional planes in the air?
So cool to see it in action
I wouldn’t want the battery to die mid flight. I’d pass.
elonmusk Another interesting challenge for you.
Fosil fuel industry doesn't want to loss this one, for now
Anyone who finds this article 'educational' or surprising... needs to go the fuck back to school. This isn't news. This is stuff people should already know.
At least they'd be quiet.
what if no fossil fuel engine was started worldwide for one day ?
The 2020 future is here.... man how did my drunk ass survive this long?
That's what some companies call fast cars....an airplane on land! Some are electric....go follow supercar Blondie's page and get your mind blown... you should pay me for the this later...lol
Crap!! Here goes another small group of humans wanting to play with toys and pollute our planet! Electricity is not magic! Sunlight is not enough, therefore humans are left with nuclear fission and carbon. Both destroys the planet!!
Hydrogen Hydrogen Hydrogen!!!
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