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First electric passenger plane lands at JFK in milestone flight. Travels 110 km costing $8 in fuel. (www.foxnews.com)

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[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago

It's a problem of range. Jet planes have the advantage that they get lighter as the flight goes on, so for shorter flights, the battery issue is not as big of a problem. It's not a physical impossibility to achieve flight with lithium ion, it's a question of how far.

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