Tesla Motors Club
Seriously. Musk states in his hyperloop design "A quiet supersonic plane immediately solves every long distance city pair..."
a 50/50 SpaceX + Tesla joint venture should start developing small, private electric planes. They are currently technologically feasible. See the study below
With the Model S's battery density and a L/D of 20 (easy with the team's design skills) you get about 900KM range.
The craft would be similar to the original roadster, a manufacturable technology demonstrator which opens the product to incremental improvements.
The paper cover's the physical possibilities of electric aircraft. Very easy to understand even for non engineers. Skim away.
http://www.mh-aerotools.de/company/paper_14/MP-AVT-209-09.pdf
edit: alternative link
Dropbox - electric flight.pdf
a 50/50 SpaceX + Tesla joint venture should start developing small, private electric planes. They are currently technologically feasible. See the study below
With the Model S's battery density and a L/D of 20 (easy with the team's design skills) you get about 900KM range.
The craft would be similar to the original roadster, a manufacturable technology demonstrator which opens the product to incremental improvements.
The paper cover's the physical possibilities of electric aircraft. Very easy to understand even for non engineers. Skim away.
http://www.mh-aerotools.de/company/paper_14/MP-AVT-209-09.pdf
edit: alternative link
Dropbox - electric flight.pdf