CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expected
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CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expected
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“The west” has an undeniable lead in combustion turbine design. GE, Rolls Royce, etc.
China’s growing lead in batteries, and now electric jets is really big.
Imagine if they can just skip the step to get good at combustion turbines. Tons of R&D directed elsewhere rather than trying to catch up. (Likely a good move on their part)
I think it’s a big disappointment the strategic miss people are making when they try to kill/ignore EVs.
The 21st century battery tech race will pay just as much dividends as the combustion development in the early 20th century. And steam power in the early 19th century….
The prospect of electric planes is exciting and very important in the fight against global warming. I am not aware of other battery players thinking this big and even if there are, can they make it a reality or scale it as fast as CATL?
Separately, at the rate CATL is advancing battery technology, what do these advances mean for the prospective solid state upstarts? Will CATL’s ability to scale production with these advances threaten to overtake solid state simply by sheer economics. Also, CATL isn’t standing still with just condensed batteries and Sodium batteries, they haven’t ignored solid state either, they have the resources and the technical ability to research multiple technologies simultaneously. What a battery juggernaut.
Just wow! 5+ years earlier than I expected. The pace of innovation incredible.
Great news indeed.
Pretty pointless for one obvious reason: Airport fees. You need to minimise the time at an airport or flying electric will just be three to four times as expensive. Batteries can’t compete with fuel at that. So this will never be used in commercial flights.
What is a 4 ton plane? Are there specs?