HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days ago‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down110
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-link‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevancewww.theguardian.comHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-215 hours agoFuel cell planes: https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/energy-transition/hydrogen/zeroe-our-hydrogen-powered-aircraft https://zeroavia.com/ The ZeroAvia is an actually working plane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroAvia In August 2021, ZeroAvia completed its first high-power run of the ZA-600, a hydrogen aircraft engine. So they’ve existed for years now, and the concept is proven.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·13 hours agoThose are small, short range aircraft, the technology does not scale.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours ago the technology does not scale. And exactly how do you conclude that? That quad propeller Airbus design is at least 100 passengers, and Airbus say you can also burn Hydrogen directly in jet engines.
Fuel cell planes:
https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/energy-transition/hydrogen/zeroe-our-hydrogen-powered-aircraft
https://zeroavia.com/
The ZeroAvia is an actually working plane:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroAvia
So they’ve existed for years now, and the concept is proven.
Those are small, short range aircraft, the technology does not scale.
And exactly how do you conclude that? That quad propeller Airbus design is at least 100 passengers, and Airbus say you can also burn Hydrogen directly in jet engines.