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The Electric Airplane Is Coming

Posted by Unknown on from the but-what-about-flying-electric-cars dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The electric car is so yesterday; electric airplanes are coming. A battery electric-powered ultralight aircraft has been flying for the last year. A series-hybrid motor glider and a concept for an all-electric, 50-seat passenger plane were introduced at the Paris Air Show."

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  1. Re:SMES by fluffy99 · · Score: 4, Informative

    When you start using units like 'megawatts per hour' to describe energy, nothing else you say engineering related has any credibility.

    Huh? When you're talking about electricity *storage* you have to say how long a device can supply the stated power for.

    Methinks YOU'RE the one who just dashed your credibility on the rocks of /.

    Try megawatt x hours, not megawatts/hour. Using the wrong units hinders your credibility.