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Old 6th Aug 2019, 06:50
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the only electrically powered transport that really makes sense is railways. Effectively a direct link from power station to motive power unit. No energy storage required.

A downside that never gets mentioned for battery vehicles, that would surely be another nail in the aircraft coffin is the weight doesn't go down with usage, so landing weight would be same as take off, and you're always lugging around partially useless batteries, as opposed to air in an emptying fuel tank.

For aviation, electric tugs or an equivilant to save fuel burn on taxi would make sense, if you don't have to get things up to temp of course.
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