The X1 aircraft is comparable in size to a small regional airliner and can achieve a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 25,000 pounds with the help of four wing-mounted electric motors. The battery-electric propulsion system delivered more than one megawatt of power during the maiden flight.
Curious how much fuel would have cost for a comparable flight. Could this make short flights significantly cheaper than they are currently? Or open up the possibility of flying with many short hops in some cases.
at this point, the obstacles to electrification are not technical, the obstacles are in the white house
And they smell terrible.
@betanumerus@lemmy.ca for short distances that would be better served by a train.
@rimu@piefed.social
you can’t cover the ground with rails. air travel does have uses trains cannot meet.
That is not an option for islands or sometimes a train has to go the long way around, due to large bodies of water. Korea - Japan or something like Greece - southern Italy are interesting flights for example.
Only poors take trains
i still can’t afford a train cabin
@betanumerus@lemmy.ca
@rimu@piefed.social @fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com
A train cabin is significantly cheaper than an airplane.
@fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com only in places with terrible trains. Rich people the world over take trains when they are good. A lot of the rich in places like NYC or Tokyo take trains. Of course the rich have options, some so show off with limos and the like, but when they want to blend in the train works.
@rimu@piefed.social @betanumerus@lemmy.ca
This is true. Though some areas with harsh terrain will benefit from this
