> and fly up to 500 miles without having to stop to recharge 500 miles is nothing. The median flight distance for a commercial flight is ~2000 miles. And this

> and fly up to 500 miles without having to stop to recharge 500 miles is nothing. The median flight distance for a commercial flight is ~2000 miles. And this is a concept plane. Certification of a plane is ~5-9 years so let's assume on the longer side since electric planes aren't really a thing. So 20% of your time budget has been spent building a replacement for a puddle jumper. There's a lot of them but the real fuel consumption happens by the large commercial jets.