What an electric plane might look like, according to EasyJet.
Hope it's got a long extension cord and jumper cables.................
What an electric plane might look like, according to EasyJet.
Hope it's got a long extension cord and jumper cables.................
The Electric Airplane.........Would ,make a great name for a Rock Band!...................
Flies once...recharges for 36-48 hours.
What will the recharge time be?
CNN will believe anything that matches with the DNC talking points.
Where are the solar panels and windmills?
The battery will be approximately 500 feet x 500 feet. No problem. s/
I’m familiar with Wright Electric, their initial foray into business was with Wrightspeed. Their business model began with garbage trucks and has been successful. It’s by now field tested technology that works quite well for that purpose. Pricey, but by the time fuel and maintenance costs are calculated it pays out in about four years as I recall. They should be branching out into other large vehicles, transfer trucks, buses and RV’s rather than electric jets, in my opinion at least. I suppose with sufficient R&D funding they can do both.
I just don’t see how they’re going to get the thrust they need while still keeping the plane light (batteries are heavy!) and they’ll have a terrible turn around time because of long recharging. I don’t think they’ll have an actual plane within a decade.
My first boat had a bar of soap for a motor and would go s-l-o-w-l-y across the tub.
Doesn’t scale up in the real world.
How will a cord reach that long?
Will they have spools of electric cords in the plane that unroll as its flying?
Dear CNN,
You are describing a ducted fan, and not a jet.
I doubt it.
Wow, that took a whole lot of imagination. Draw an airplane without any engines.
I guess the hard part is over. Nothing left but engineering, oh and small, lightweight fast charging, slow discharge powerful batteries capable of providing massive speed and lift.
Yep, just about done.
I had a conversation with successful men last week, one of whom is a surgeon.
They were lamenting the fact that electric cars don’t do the obvious: cover the car in solar panels so that it is always charging and never loses power.
I said there isn’t enough surface area to capture that much energy. The response was uniform: they need a breakthrough in solar cell tech to capture that energy.
I politely explained that there is a finite maximum amount of energy that hits each square inch of area and it doesn’t approach the energy requirements for travel. And... I was told it didn’t matter. It is only a matter of investment.
Shake my damn head and move on
IIRC, the batteries e rare metals and the majority are mined by China.
CNN reporters, I have a deal for you. I will bet you $1,000.00 each and give 2 to 1 odds, that commercial passengers are NOT flying on scheduled airlines that are electrically powered within 10 years.
If you won’t take the bet, why would you print this nonsense.
We will pay our monies now and let Mr. James C. “Jim” Robinson of Fresno, California, hold the monies till the bet is concluded.
Wait. Look at that picture. IMO, it looks like the fuel cells (batteries) are located on each wing. Ah, where is the engine? You know, the propulsion system that provides the thrust? Or is this plane like a Subaru that is propelled by love, rainbow skittles, and unicorn gas?
An interesting admission and an optimistic and totally unsupported assertion. Their web site doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Reminds me of 1990s era vaporware companies.
Great, a coal powered airplane that will probably burn more than three times the fuel as a modern jetliner.
I’m sure for easyJet the “investors” money is no object and will spare no “expense” chasing this wild goose.