Comment on CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expected

WalnutLum@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Possibility for private planes, but none for commercial planes. Just imagine a commercial passenger plane or cargo plane that needed a giant amount of electricity and like 12 hours of charging in between every flight.

  Then, for safety reasons you’ll need to have two batteries in case one goes bad.

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  • Aux@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You can simply do battery swaps. Plane refueling already requires heavy machinery and industrial scale. I bet battery swaps will be faster than refueling.

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    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      And, no more tedious fuel calculations, just charge it all the way up, it doesn't add any extra weight to do so.

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      • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Oddly enough I do actually think a charged battery is heavier, just as a full hard drive is heavier. But not to a degree that would matter.

        toolsweek.com/do-batteries-weigh-more-when-charge…

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