HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months ago‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevancewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1205
arrow-up1205external-link‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevancewww.theguardian.comHaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFuel cell planes: https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/energy-transition/hydrogen/zeroe-our-hydrogen-powered-aircraft https://zeroavia.com/ The ZeroAvia is an actually working plane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroAvia In August 2021, ZeroAvia completed its first high-power run of the ZA-600, a hydrogen aircraft engine. So they’ve existed for years now, and the concept is proven.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThose are small, short range aircraft, the technology does not scale.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago the technology does not scale. And exactly how do you conclude that? That quad propeller Airbus design is at least 100 passengers, and Airbus say you can also burn Hydrogen directly in jet engines.
Fuel cell planes:
https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/energy-transition/hydrogen/zeroe-our-hydrogen-powered-aircraft
https://zeroavia.com/
The ZeroAvia is an actually working plane:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroAvia
So they’ve existed for years now, and the concept is proven.
Those are small, short range aircraft, the technology does not scale.
And exactly how do you conclude that? That quad propeller Airbus design is at least 100 passengers, and Airbus say you can also burn Hydrogen directly in jet engines.