Why We Still Don't Have Electric Planes 

Easy. Passengers have pedals that can charge it. Lol.

@@mobsherhasssn5174 lmao

@@mobsherhasssn5174 hey wait a minute that could work

Use my power bank 😂

@@mobsherhasssn5174 That's for economy class lol.

also, it will never reach speed like jet engine can make as well. it will take longer than usually. air travel time will be longer.

Brandon Deemter thank you

@@jaimehernandez4962 Never? Do you have any idea how fast the tech of batteries, engines etc are developing?

@@jaimehernandez4962 it will, that's just the nature of technology

Just use solid state batteries They are new and invented by japan

that's prolly why they do explode sometimes lmao jkjk

Hahaha I was looking for that comment. What a name!

It's a *RARE* day that I actually learn something from RU-vid. Thank you, George!

It was actually invented by Akira Yoshino in 1985, John B. Goodenough and Stanley Wittingham only contributed by research from the 70s, which then, wasn't enough to make a Lithium-ion battery prototype from and required more research. Hence why they never made one.

@@user-pn3im5sm7k sad that all inventions have to have someone not getting the credit they deserve.

Yep, battery energy density is poor compared to jet fuel. Also the efficiency of airplanes is already fairly high, so there is not a lot of gains to be made

They have the technology it’s just that they need people poor😂

I think we should switch over to fossil fuels, would save a heck ton of money.

I agree with u BUT, everything that those plans need to be completed do exist in 2022, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT: EVERY other airline, investors, companies, politicians, and all the others, Philthy Rich people in the world won't allow it to happen or come to life. Bcuz all of them will be losing money big time, so they will fight down the battery idea, make sure every news station an reporter continuously talk about it and convince the public that it's a threat to human life. NIKOLA TESLA TOWER for example: It was created an proven fully functional, he just needed the funding witch he didn't receive BCUZ the tower was capable of sending direct current to your home with a special isolated antenna. And it would of been free to the world. A week after he demonstration to the government he died, the government went straight to his home and took every single piece of information even his pocketbook and pocket watch that his wife had for him. UP TO THIS DAY the tower was never found or talked about. We have the technology, understanding and components to create futuristic Technologies BŰT, the money hunger people of every country won't allow us to fully evaluate bcuz most of the minerals and other materials won't be needed anymore and that's bad for their business.

Not only that, but one of the most important aspects of commercial aircraft is that they burn off significant amounts of their weight as they fly, as the fuel being used up means that the airplane gets more efficient as it flies. This would be completely lacking in an electric plane.

Bamwich saved my time thank you

Bamwich hahahhahhaahhahah

Thank you, i already knew this just wondered if they had other points, but i guess thats literally the only limiting factor.

Yuri G it’s kinda the only thing that matters when it comes to planes.

Bamwich thx

They probably mean viably commercial electric planes.

Bart Bell • Yeah, but it’s still kind of ironic.

Bart Bell wooooosh

@@Radioactive_Bunny. how is this a woooosh moment

@@Radioactive_Bunny. keanu big chungus wholesome 100 moment

Yes and batteries weigh a whole lot more than fuel.

Being heavier on decent isn't an issue, it's taking off that's the issue. This is why in-air refueling is a thing, we can take off with a lighter fuel load and then fill up in the air so we have enough fuel to reach the destination.

@@seconddaymusic8393 that’s what us did while leaving from the taliban country

@@gamersnoob2378 im aware, im an aircraft maintainer for the squadron that was in charge of making that airlift happen.

@Straight white unvaccinated male how would he know

Lol WTF i just realized how freaky that truck is

Its cursed

The truck is designed to move planes. It grabs their front wheel.

@@corrected1991y cut the back lol

It's more maneuverable

I mean the plane was safe. They did speed up the training process though, and thats why people died. Basically since the pilots had limited experience with the plane they didn't know how to fix the problem that killed them. Boeing is very safe.

@@kimjunguny And the FOD in the Fuel Tanks were found because they are so safe?😂

If it's a completely new plane, sure you need to prove every inch. Boeing tried too hard to make their new plane not that new, so the approval process failed.

I feel like everyone in this comment section doesn’t know what they’re talking about

Are you talking about the one software error that affect Planes running for too long.

Electric vehicles are ABONDONED tech from the 1800s that has not changed a WHIT, being sold to FREAKING IDIOTS to raise taxes and make the stockholders RICH while selling JUNK

Marco Poletti Laughs in Ryanair

@@josepha72513 laughs in 737 MAX

Marco Poletti what? I don’t get it

@@craggywag5482 So, in Europe, it costs way less than in the states, Asia, Africa or middle east, thats because in Europe theres alot of countries, and most of those countries has ALOT of money, thats why it doesnt cost much for a average citizen to fly around in Europe, one of my friends took a flight from Norway to England for 3 dollars, and that wasnt even on RyanAir, so flying in Europe is not expensive at all

Christoffer Stenslie thanks, Jesus Christ that’s cheap

He is Goodenough tho, you can’t lie😂

He is a legend. Responsible for so many modern material developments.

Search him on youtube you won't regret it! He's a literal legend, invented so many modern everyday technology and is still working at 98 years old with his team!! I have huge respect for that man and a lot of people don't even know about him

Lol 😂

John Be Good enough

Not to mention you have to now transport all those heavy used batteries back and forth to processing facilities, that's going to put more trips on those trucks hauling the batteries and those trucks will have to recharge their battery packs more often as well. Now we're only talking about 1 truck service to 1 airport, we haven't even factored in literally everything else. So where are we going to get all that electricity? Because it takes A LOT of solar and wind farms to generate what we use TODAY, and even then they're not enough without hydro/nuclear/coal/gas to pick up the slack. What energy production are we going to ride a nation that'll be using 80%+ EV society on to? Nevermind our aging energy infrastructure in the US, we don't even know how we'll power an EV future.

cost is not a limiting factor

nutella1204 4:46****

Rhys Gittoes thanks man😂😂😂

Actually it has its weight shifted :P those are modified for towing planes. They have a big hook in front attached.

It's more of an optical illusion. It's just reconfigured for maneuverability

This pickup truck was designed by aircraft engineers for weight reduction. CHANGE MY MIND

The pLaNe IS thE BaTteRy BrUh

All commercial aircraft have more than one huge battery on board.

I get where you're coming from, but the difference is that an aircraft like any vehicle is serviced regularly, and have multiple sensors, backup systems and circuitry that can disconnect power or give early warning in case an error is detected, this is not the case with passenger items. In-fact you can fly large batteries with the correct paperwork, and its easier to do so if the battery is new, tested, and low in charge. Just hard to regulate for commercial flights.

or you just drain the batteries of the phones of the passengers.

@@CasvGl Im pretty sure that would grant you about half a second of extra flight time

lol

Haha

Actually this is better Corona: oh yes count me in!

I wont go on it till one of them crashes then they will fix it

testing isnt problematic they are probably testing right now

Lol

I looked at it for a good 5 minutes and still couldn't figure it out

Jonathan Bowen it is half to conserve energy and to reduce weight.

Where are the wings??

@@ijakubamadej Those are modified for towing planes. They have a big hook in front attached.

Humour my ignorant arse and tell me how far we are off nuclear powered travel ? You probably don't know but ah well lol

@@paulanthony5274 In my opinion it cannot be done through fission as it produces nuclear waste which is harmful for the environment. Jet engines can be powered through nuclear fission but since it is harmful for the environment, it is not done. As for fusion, no technology has been invented to utilize the energy from nuclear fusion. Some rockets with nuclear fission as their source of energy have already been developed since nuclear waste in space is not harmful. But those rockets utilize some other safer energy sources when inside the atmosphere and those fission powered engines are activated only after it is far enough from the earth.

Exactly. If people want to have Renewable and Environmentally-Safe Air travel the solution is Hydrogen. Use solar panels to split sea water into pure Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Excess. Transport the Hydrogen Fuel with electric cars. Use modern-hybrid engine, so that the aircraft will have H2O emission, and a decent range. Sure it is weaker than a standard engine, and less efficient than battery, but the upside is that it works and is appropriate tool for this task. It may not be appropriate for all types of aircraft, like the super-large planes and military applications... but it can certainly replace the majority (80%) of planes out there and make a significant reduction to our emissions and reduce our reliance on a non-renewable fuel source. And yes, I know how ironic it sounds to recommend Hydrogen when we saw what happened with the Hindenburg Disaster.

only 16y old tesla fanboys would think this is anywhere close lol

@@ekinteko We (the company I work for) are currently working on electric aircraft and hydrogen engines in parallel.

Right, just like in California 😱😂🤣

@@frank_av8tor well, don't know about USA, but trains are still better for short and medium inter-city travel,and even for longer distances ffs. Just look at Japan, China and Europe.

@Entrepreneur ynhbg hyper loop is hyper shit. doesnt work never will be bye and have fun

This becomes a problem if you're travelling from London to Copenhagen or Amsterdam... where there is a large body of water in between

@@jonathantan2469 well there is already tunnel under chanel there but yes of course over seas train is a bit less useful but there are still huge masses of population that are not separated by sea.

aiwa500 please Elon were counting on you !

He said in a interview that we currently don't need electric planes what we need is electric cars

Yep my thoughts exactly.

he also said in an interview that tesla electric plane is feasible, but it requires a change in battery density, tesla is already working on "million mile battery" in Fremont factory, I expect tesla plane in 10 years max

@@mockingspongebob773 more funding for tesla!

or keep developing the batter to get more efficient and safer, it is possible, we went from the old batteries to the new ones, look at phones 3X as thick cus of the battery and lasted 1/2 the time now our phones are so daym thin but last 12+ hours

I think that Hydrogen is the combustion fuel of the future. It is true that battery Tecnology will improve greatly, but Hydrogen is already avadable and is not far away from convencional combustion fuels.

Glad you noticed how is it driving?

Vanessa Paz its in reverse lol

@@Chazahc18 she means it only has two wheels how is it driving. Now answering to that, I would assume the weight of the metal in the front weighs it down to be able to be a two wheeler

Hahahhahah

It did look weird. I had to roll the video back a few seconds to get another look. Glad I wasn't the only one who saw it.

just use it as a glider then

Fack!

@@somthingarageMD wtf bruh? A gLider is far more different and lighter than a massive ass plane with more massive batteries👺

@@x23esports22 that's the joke

@@woaa8117 well shit now I feel like I'm the dumbass

I believe it’s because center of mass is more in the front

That the real technological breakthrough

I think that the other 2 wheels are in the front of that metal bar. the wheels you see are actually the rear wheels of this utility car.

naw I dont think so. Think about it this way, from the time the Wright brothers first took powered flight, to the time we landed on the moon was only 60 years. 60 years to go from flightless to leaving the planet. Tech moves exponentially, and its only getting faster. Im young and Ive been able to watch tech change and advance at breakneck pace.

yeah, caught my eye too

Its used to move the plane, you can see the platform attached on the front of it which most defenitely has wheels on the other side. Even then it looks so strange from that angle

We're doing 2 wheeled cars now? 🤣

Cursed just Cursed

The likes are at 69. Nice.

By that time they'll have probably figured out how to completely automate ATC.

@@aminboumerdassi2334 That'll be a huge engineering challenge.

Certifying that many uber pilots would be impossible. I bet uber is looking at an autopilot option for their service. If all of the short trip planes are automated it would be no problem cause the machines would just talk to each other. There would have to be a universal autopilot language created though.

@@ProfessorHobo and someone hacks into the system and deletes all the important instruction set just for fun

There's prolly gon be reduction of the electricity where they can adjust the volts of it travelling thru

Ya ejecting highly flamable litium batts would could cause fires. They will adopt nuclear heat exchange power, it was in works in 1950's with GE. See Car life 1954 July edition.

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Ali Khamis *funny

*punny

why are theygrounded?

To be fair, europe is tiny. Thus travel is cheaper.

In singapore a flight to malaysia cost u 500 dollars in econmy

@@Artyomthewalrus USA land area: 9.1 million km² Europe land area: 10.2 million km²

@@@reezlaw Canada 9.98million km2 The same size as canada, slightly bigger than america. And a population twice that of both countries combined. Flying between two neighboring countries is usually less than two neighboring states. Flying from the capital of manitoba to the capital of ontario, two neighboring provinces is the same as flying from the capital of france to the capital of romania, which have 3 countries in between them. The only continent smaller than europe is australia, which has one country.

@@Artyomthewalrus First of all, I wasn't talking about Canada. But even if I was, who cares about the capital of this or that. You said Europe is tiny, it isn't. How many nations you cross to fly from Paris to Bucharest is utterly irrelevant.

Sahil Tiwari same

@@beans3808 Those are modified for towing planes. They have a big hook in front attached.

Tousif Zaman thank you so much, i don’t know why i was so confused, but i really wanted to know

@@beans3808 haha its fine, it is confusing at first look lol! Bigger airports who serves big planes has dedicated tow vehicles. But for kitty aircrafts those mods are enough.

The half of the truck is trapped in the diffrent dimension

Gamernate Moore sooo annoying

I'm surprised to see that this comment hasn't taken off yet.

you mean where the plane taxis on a long cord and at takeoff the cord comes out of the plug? i love that!

RC planes can't lift people...

@@bruhdude963 they're still electric planes

Yes, yes you are a joke 😉

@notlikeu lol

Yes but they don't scale up to heavy lifting long distance people carriers. Even large RC craft are better off with gas and not lipo.

@@rashleonard4069 damn

Yeah it looks Smoky Hot

Nobody really knows what the fire started.. the Company Said it might have been caused by ground equipment.. we should wait for the investigation

@@rashleonard4069 wow, could be charging issues. Like most smartphones battery failure.

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I dont think we will see big commerical airliners using batteries ever. Hydrogen is the way to go

Even battery EVs are not the future. Hydrogen is the true future. With abundant solar, wind and nuclear energy, we can generate electricity to separate hydrogen from water. That same hydrogen is oxidised in fuel cells to move cars and planes. Finally we'll a get a perfect cycle.

@@Chopper153 also hydrogen can be used by fusion reactors. I dont think that personal hydrogen cars can compete with ev. EV's are better and easier for everyday people. Big stuff like trains, busses, airlines and military should use hydrogen

Factx

She actin toasted 😭

Me too bud 😂

Lmao🤣

probably italian

@@iokuawa4446 she's Colombian by birth, but living in Florida. took me 3 and a half seconds of research.

They tried airborne things full of hydrogen back in 1937 and all it took was a small spark on a low humidity day and in less than a minute the Hindinberg was a pile of junk. And it was about 5 times the size of a B-747. Then they changed to helium and it was not so combustible.

But you’re right about hydrogen being the answer to heavy weight lifting. If they can figure out a way to keep it from exploding they got it made.

@Yazan Al-Saif but it says flying regional has become expensive even in Europe

I've seen 9€ flights by RyanAir, took an 18€ flight from germany to spain myself. The train to the airport costs more than the flight itself. Low budget airlines are insane

The Eviation Alice has always been “aspirational” but otherwise unrealistic. I’m sure their foreign investors are re-thinking their investment, and anticipate that Alice will never fly, at least in its present form with wingtip power plants.

@@bryanlallen Agree, that aircraft won't make it past the V1 cut test procedures, without an unrecoverable Vmc roll.

Did not know that.

Hahaha, just like the Liliumjet, another electrical aircraft, I really hope we find a propper alternative for those fuckin' batteries

​@@bryanlallen Why did they even bother with wing tip engines? A two engine plane must be able to fly to certain parameters with one engine out, and having the engines on the wingtips means there will be a huge yawing force if an engine goes. So to counter this you need a massive vertical stabaliser, which is going to be heavy. Though interestingly, having the engines on the wingtips actually does make the wing structure lighter.

😂😂

Perfect time now when there is no competition for the airspace.

@@JohanEinevik there are still flying lots of planes

That’s the point

Toaster actually the eviation test plane that was here in the USA specifically in Prescott Arizona burned to the ground a few months back. The ground power unit it was hooked up to caught fire and then caught the plane on fire too. I drive by their building everyday and haven’t seen anything from them in months

The Truck is on a Wheelchair 😂😂😂

seriously tho, Elon need to get on this project too. if anyone can make electric planes a reality sooner rather than later, it's Elon Musk.

Tesla planes!

Electric planes is already a realty. Elon musk might take it to commercial level. Might.

Shots fired!

Burnt the right way..

Dispatch, we’ve got a active shooter situation, we need backup

I mean the plane was safe. They did speed up the training process though, and thats why people died. Basically since the pilots had limited experience with the plane they didn't know how to fix the problem that killed them. Boeing is very safe.

@@kimjunguny Bruh, Boeing sold that plane saying it was just another variant of the 737 family, that it could be flown by any pilot that already knew how to fly a 737 with little formation. Doing that put the lives of many in risk, and it cost 346 people their life. Now I don't know upto what point pilots know how their Boeing plane flies and if they actually know all the systems that are onboard.

stop shut up.

@@IntelTV That wasn't very "Intel"ligent of you.

@@centauria9122 How so?

Actually there is a electric jet engine in theory. Look it up.

Its not to far fetched. Look up project Breakthrough Star Shot

Wait

wait what

Wth

HOW IS IT MOVING

Ohhh my i forgot about politics thats not going to be easy to overcome

BOOOOOO POLITICS BOOOOOO

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No only thing that holds this back is batteries being heavy af and no where close to efficient as combustion. It takes more natural gas to power a battery half the power as a combustion engine. Battery powered cars and big battery objects are worst for the environment than combustion. We need new energy sources but it’s clear you know nothing about energy and are just listening to democrats that lie more than republicans when it comes to energy.

@@tannercox4537 Solar Power fixes the natural gas problem.

They gave their child a new last name huh?

@@michaelesposito2629 He's just different

Elon: *write that down*

Solar panels won't produce enough energy

James Liston the wheel?

Rear license plate?

The wings?

What????? Two wheeler truck

The wings, oh dear.

Or hyperloop!

Wrong See... China...Not enough riders

It takes me 5 hours from LAX to BWI. How long is train?

Stephen Maniloff Because their economy is a farce and no one can AFFORD to ride them.

The gas industry shut down many rail systems that weren't using gas or diesel. We used to have electric trains.

"powered by it's shadow" wow that sounds deep

Solars panels cap around 40% efficiency. Not enough to power a plane.

@@francestod.tandocjr4092 he knew that- it was a swipe at aerovironment- haha

It caught fire, it didn’t explode. And they assume that ground equipment caused the fire. Stop spreading false rumors.

Fuel fires are one thing, lithium fires are another

@@shapshooter7769 i'm sure that damn ship with all the electric cars is still on fire- they should probably figure out where the hell that thing is and do something about it- like wipe out VW plants worldwide....

eviation- the act of drilling for fine drinking water in france

Electric rockets...yeah that ones almost never gonna happen. Elon even said it himself

@@averagejoe6031 Ion engines and VASIMR already exist or are on the drawing board. But they are not going to be used to get off earth to get to orbit.

@@gregorymalchuk272 Ion engine is very weak , it's only going to be used on satellite for course correction.

@@Rutherford_Sam i hate your name lol

*E*

Although it’s looking like electric multi ion thrusters are the future

I would not want to be *anywhere* near an anti-matter engine. If the magnetic confinement fails or air gets in for any reason it'll explode like a hydrogen bomb.

@@killman369547 assuming that at these point of technology we probably could control matter, so the prevention of generating huge explosions due to malfunction of the engine may be a security check for the companies before launching it to the market, just crazy ideas

If you look at tesla cars now, they both conserve weight and produce significantly greater power than petrol (tesla roadster). If you take this info on a larger scale i think Elon has the knowledge and ability to produce an all electric aircraft which produces a significant amount of power normal aircrafts while conserving weight. Maybe start with an hybrid?

That's an actual vehicle

@@robospider99 what's it called. It's defying physics

the wheels are on the front of the metal thing

NIMBY is a big expense when it comes to trains. Lots of real estate purchases without eminent domain. Might need to frame it in terms of military strategy or national security to gain traction.

R u sure its cheap?

@@lilmcnoggy1439 to elon musk ofc, its a joke

@@iwilldielater4894 oh... Ok i get it XD

"Once in a Lifetime Experience"

Flying from LA to NYC in dead 10 seconds 😂 😂