Named the Maxwell X-57. Should be interesting how it performs.
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Electric full scale aircraft seem to be making significant advances. Here's a race plane that showed up at the Dubai Airshow recently. Note the prop configuration. I know that it's a bit cliche', but this one really does look fast just sitting there.
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The LEAP technology on the X-57 sorta boggles my mind from an aerodynamic perspective, I'm excited to see where this leads aviation.
The stable supply and cost structure of the raw materials needed to produce these types of batteries remains in my mind the key determinant to widespread acceptance of this kind of tech. Safety and Performance and GWh/lb can be sussed out over time, but the supply of raw materials is less certain. I don't think many people realize that over half of the world's supply of cobalt, a necessary ingredient in these batteries, comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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