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A standard lithium ion battery has between 100-265 Wh/kg if you need 360 thousand to 135 thousand kg of lithium ion batteries plus probably a few thousand for c
by Hextinium 9y ago
A standard lithium ion battery has between 100-265 Wh/kg if you need 360 thousand to 135 thousand kg of lithium ion batteries plus probably a few thousand for charging equipment. A a 747 has capacity for about 45k kg of fuel so a factor of 4 improvement is needed before that is comparable.
- ShorsHammer 9y agoThe energy density of most fossil fuels is still far beyond anything we've managed through incremental improvement on 1900's battery technology. There's much more work to be done.