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I would be fascinated to see how they intend to beat the incumbents to market. Airbus has already announced its interest in electric planes: They've flown an el
by meredydd 10y ago
I would be fascinated to see how they intend to beat the incumbents to market. Airbus has already announced its interest in electric planes: They've flown an electric two-seat trainer (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_E-Fan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_E-Fan), and announced plans for a (hybrid-)electric 90-seat regional plane.
Commercial aeroplanes are incredibly capital-intensive, and their plan seems to require getting good at commercial aeroplanes before Boeing/Airbus gets good at batteries/motors. Precisely one of those things is commodity technology...