Some countries have already committed to using electric aircraft on domestic routes. These aircraft could slash costs and emissions on some of Australia's busiest flight routes.
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The battery technology and cooling systems needed for electric aircraft to lift people and cargo are getting closer to reality, but they're still very different from electric cars and trucks.
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Ionic winds – charged particles flowing through the air – can move airplanes using only electricity; no propellers or jet engines needed. The scholar who led the project explains how it works.
The airline industry's promised technological solutions have not arrived, and they never will.
With emissions targets to hit and oil running out, it's time to take electric planes seriously.
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Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Tourism, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Tourism, University of Surrey
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Professor of Electronics & Systems Engineering, University of Bath
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Professor, Research Coordinator for the Centre for Sustainable Tourism, Western Norway Research Institute
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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