• WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    I seriously doubt the viability of this, but I’m looking forward to being proven wrong.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 months ago

      Possibility for private planes, but none for commercial planes. Just imagine a commercial passenger plane or cargo plane that needed a giant amount of electricity and like 12 hours of charging in between every flight.

      Then, for safety reasons you’ll need to have two batteries in case one goes bad.

      • Aux@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        You can simply do battery swaps. Plane refueling already requires heavy machinery and industrial scale. I bet battery swaps will be faster than refueling.