Comment on First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The plane has 125 mile range. File this with the other techno bro bullshit for investors.

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  • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Battery weight is a real thing. Look at the weight of electric cars for example.

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  • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As dumb as it sounds, people still fly those distances.

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    • JillyB@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve done it as the last leg of a long flight from a major hub to the small town I was going toward. Nobody has a direct flight from Osaka to Greenville, South Carolina, turns out. So I had to fly from Atlanta.

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      • howrar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’ve done similar. But I guess an argument can be made that we should strive to replace those with more economical forms of transportation. Just because one part of your trip is by airplane, doesn’t mean the whole thing needs to be.

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• Admetus@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It must’ve flew a few feet above the ground given that the only location was the airport.

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  • its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I remain cautiously optimistic. The corporate PR stunt aside, the technology will continue to improve. Indeed, it must continue to improve to meaningfully dent air pollution. We are years, perhaps decades, away from replacing regional and short haul flights with this though.

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