Are electric planes the future of aviation?

It's been a tough 12 months for the airline industry, hit hard by the Covid-19 #pandemic. But there are also ongoing concerns about the environmental impact of air travel. Could electric planes be a way forward? They are already being trialled in Slovenia and fully #electric, commercial flights could be ready to take off in just 10 years' time. Our colleagues from France 2 report, with FRANCE 24's James Vasina.

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[graveperil]

energy density of jet fuel 43 MJ/KG Lithium  battery  9 MJ/KG so you need to carry 4 times the amount of fuel + plus the extra fuel to carry the fuel 
 before you start thinking about the money cost or the recharge time

[das]

China, Germán y and the US have project like this one...

[libGODFATHER]

Electric planes will work it's just the matter of time

[TheMexxodus]

So flying electric, means the end of jet engines and the large passanger planes? Because without fuel and jet combustion engine you can't build economically viable passenger jets. So the 'cheap travel era' is truly over. Flying becomes the prorogative of the happy 'rich' few!