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What is the advantage of an electric engine?
With the growing awareness about global warming, the electric mode of transportation is gaining popularity. Many popular carmakers have rolled out battery-driven vehicles. But it is not that easy for the aviation industry to adapt to the electric mode. This is mainly because of factors like the size, weight, and traveling distance of airplanes.
However, both Boeing and Airbus are taking steps in that direction. Boeing and JetBlue have joined hands to fund a company that is developing a hybrid-electric airplane that can seat between 10 and 50 passengers. The company, Pipistrel, has already come up with a two-seater electric training plane called Alpha Electro.
On the other hand, Airbus is working on a major project with Rolls-Royce and Siemens. Airbus plans to convert its 100-seater BAE 146 to an electric airplane by replacing one of its jet engines with a 2MW electric unit. Its test flight is planned for 2020. The commercial launch is expected around 2030.
If such experiments are successful, passengers might soon have an option to fly on electric airplanes.
What is the advantage of an electric engine?
Pipistrel’s two-seater electric training plane is called
When is Airbus planning to launch its electric airplane into the market?
Both Boeing and Airbus are taking steps in that direction.
In the above sentence, what does the word step mean?
The electric mode of transportation is gaining popularity.
In the above sentence, the word transportation is used as
How are plane manufacturers planning to develop electric planes?
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