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Why aren’t there battery powered airplanes or flying cars?
Preface. Batteries are too heavy for airplanes to get off the ground. Though that hasn’t stopped people from trying: Norway’s new electric plane crashes during demo flight (Robitzski 2019) The two articles below explain why. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of … Continue reading →