Electric Aircraft Sector Awaits Battery Breakthroughs
With electric trainer airplanes already in service and the first
eVTOL models on the brink of certification, lithium-ion batteries have staked
their claim on yet another electrifying industry. Lithium-ion batteries may not
offer the kind of energy and power that the aviation industry yearns for, but
that hasn’t stopped aircraft developers from pursuing their electric aviation
dreams and building battery-powered, emissions-free aircraft.
For the advanced air mobility industry, batteries available today
are sufficient for small aircraft operating short flights, but scaling the
technology to larger, longer-range aircraft will require a breakthrough in
battery technology. Exactly what that breakthrough might entail remains to be
seen, but in the meantime, new-and-improved batteries could be closer than you
think—and they may not be that different from the batteries we already use
today.
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