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I'd be stunned if they put a MWh of battery on a plane. This plane in particular only has a range of 120 miles electric-only, so it probably has a pack roughly
by rootusrootus 2mo ago
I'd be stunned if they put a MWh of battery on a plane. This plane in particular only has a range of 120 miles electric-only, so it probably has a pack roughly similar to a modern electric pickup. 200 kWh plus or minus.
By comparison, a regular regional jet probably has around 40 MWh of energy in jet fuel.
- SoftTalker 2mo ago[dead]
- ooterness 2mo agoMegawatt-hours (MWh) are one billion times larger than milliwatt-hours (mWh).
- rootusrootus 2mo agoThank you for the correction.
- xboxnolifes 2mo agoIF they end up the size of modern jets, 1MWh is underestimating the need for even an average domestic flight.
- rootusrootus 2mo agoAgreed, a full size electric airliner is going to be a different beast entirely. On the bright side, by the time we crack that nut I hope we will be using battery technology with less combustion potential than even LFP.
- SoftTalker 2mo agoI don't think there's really any avoiding the combustion potential of that much energy in a compact container. We can maybe hope to make it as safe as jet fuel.