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How long does recharging take? And what infrastructure is required at the airport?

• phire 5y ago
  Li-ion batteries are typically limited to a minimum of about 40min for a complete charge. If you don't need the full 500 nm range, you can get away with a lot less. Maybe 20min. Infrastructure for this plane would be an oversized electric car supercharger. Larger planes (Wright Electric is working on a 186 seat electric plane) will require a much larger charger. The charger might actually need batteries itself so it can charge off the grid while the plane is not connected and then dump it all into the plane much faster than the electrical grid would allow.