Batteries Have Potential For Aviation, If Needed Investment Is There

Rolls-Royce electric aircraft
Rolls-Royce’s record-setting electric aircraft is built around a 1,047-lb. battery pack comprising more than 6,000 automotive-grade cells.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
Aircraft propulsion batteries with three times the pack-level energy density of today’s automotive technology may be achievable in the next decade—if enough investment is targeted at aeronautical applications, concludes a new report published in Nature. While continued progress in electric vehicle...

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