Electric regional plane due in 2022:
Boeing-backed, electric-hybrid airliner set to hit market in 2022
Interesting that Tesla gets mentioned twice in the article:
"Electric-vehicle batteries, such as those made by Tesla Inc (
TSLA.O) and Panasonic Corp (
6752.T), would power the motor. "
"Zunum has no commitment to Tesla or Panasonic."
So the plane operating costs are 20% of a small jet, flies at 25,000 feet and 340 mph. Game changer for regional airports.
Clearly whomever can make very energy dense batteries could make a fortune supplying batteries to these planes. The market size relative to cars is pretty small though. Seems like the big losers in this scenario are regional jet makers who could lose market share when someone else builds a plane that costs 80% less to run. Not as fast as a jet, but 50% to 60% as fast.
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