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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

price in the US of $0.1235/kWh, that’s $11.63

Way cheaper than I'd have guessed.

737 at max takeoff weight is 175k lbs. So that's around $80 to get airborne. Seems like a steal when you're charging easily triple that for one seat.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    To be clear, this is the theoretical minimum amount of energy to lift a mass straight up. I'd be surprised if an airplane moving sideways would hit even 30% efficiency in comparison.

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