Electric Planes Are FINALLY Here And They're Breaking Records!

Recording an eye watering 345 mph, the Accel Plane is officially the fastest electric vehicle on the planet! Before it retires to the Science Museum, Imogen and Robert wanted to meet the team from Evolito, Yasa and Electroflight to find out how they've made electric flight take off! From axial flux motors, advanced cooling and packing staggering amounts of torque - this plane is choc-a-bloc with astounding technologies that are paving the way to mainstream electric aviation.

00:00 A lot can happen in 6 years
01:19 A 345mph all electric aircraft
02:31 What's the point in breaking records?
03:05 The techy bit and a load of motors
05:24 What's next for electrified aerospace?
06:00 What about the batteries?
07:34 Drain the battery in 8 minutes
08:18 A tiny gigafactory
08:48 A whole lot of power from an impossible motor
09:48 Axial vs radial flux
11:15 All torque
12:20 What's next?
14:20 A hub of ingenuity

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[alberto]

World records are great but what we need is a range world record. I feel THAT's what is going to change things.

[mikemellor]

Great combination of Robert’s long term connection with the companies and Imogen’s clear technical explanations 👏👏

[dstarley]

I'm so glad to see that projects visited by Fully Charged are starting to make breakthroughs. Really positive sign of progress!

[JonathanEzor]

One of the coolest things about this is that the Fully Charged Show was there at the beginning (2011!) and can show the result. Well done to all!

[thomasmorris]

I was lucky enough to spend a week of one of my interships seconded to Electroflight helping assemble some of the battery pack prototypes, and soldering up some of the temperature monitoring boards that run between the cells. Great fun and great people to work with! Don't know if anything I assembled ended up on the final Spirit of Innovation, but going to need to go visit the Science museum to see if my signature is still on there!

[evan]

I hope around the world electric commercial flights become the norm in my lifetime.

[dr-k]

This is so exciting to see and following this channel for all these years where this was first talked about to what it is today means it's growing closer to a reality I will get to experience in my life time. Thanks for continuing to follow up on stories like this.

[PhilRounds]

Wish i could have heard the motor running. I really dig the sound electric vehicles make.

[snotrocket]

No mention of the Nemesis NXT airframe which makes the speed possible. With an IC engine the same airframe posted a speed of 415mph at the Reno air races in 2009.
The speed of the aircraft is primarily a function of aerodynamics not horsepower. Credit John Sharp and team Nemesis for the superior aerodynamics.

[ramblerandy]

10:04 I recently changed my old, broken Miele washing machine for a brand spanking new Chinese one. The Miele had a conventional electric motor which had served well and drove the tub via a long belt. But my new Haier has an axial motor mounted directly on the back of the tub. It is virtually silent, smooth and guaranteed for 10 years minimum. OK, it's not an aeroplane, but it just shows that newer technologies are getting into everyday products.

[Mediumdave]

Amazing to see electrification in such a highly demanding use case as aviation! Those axial motors sound incredible, hope to see more innovation like that throughout the industry :)

[Crazy_Worlds]

There are also quite a few electric powered light aircraft and gliders, and even powered hang gliders, that work really well and available commercially to private pilots and flight schools rather than magnificent but rather esoteric technology demonstrators chasing airspeed records. It would be great to see a report on those more conventional and practical aircraft.

[uproid]

A fascinating glimpse into upcoming motor and battery technology. This fully charged episode is about something new and different, very refreshing compared to some of the fully charged episodes which have been becoming a bit same old. I read the article in an aviation mag when this record was set back in March 22 - but of course that was all about the aviation aspects such has what it was like to fly (difficult!) whereas this episode dives into the battery and motor technology. Although Robert wasn't allowed to talk about it much, it is clear that now the one off Accel has set the records, this has attracted attention and they are now working on stuff that will go into day to day use aircraft.

[TheRealBobHickman]

Imogen was giving me Tomorrow's World vibes for the really techy bits - great stuff!

[clusterstage]

Engineer: I invented something useful.
Investor Company: Great. Lets put it in a science museum.

[mondotv]

This what Fully Charged is good at and Imogen and Robert are an awesome team!

[danielhockin]

loved the motor content with Imogen, things are moving quickly!

[DemPilafian]

For future viewers who are confused by the reference to the archaic and unfortunate *_345 mph, _* what they really mean is a speed of *_555 km/h._*

[Skeggi]

This is a piece of art. It's gorgeous.

[evilutionltd]

I thought range anxiety was bad in a car 😂