Hybrid electric passenger jets could be commercialized by a Boeing and Jet Blue backed startup in the 2020s

Hybrid electric passenger jets could be commercialized by a Boeing and Jet Blue backed startup in the 2020s

“The United States has 13500 small airports but 140 of largest carry over 97% of the air traffic.Zunum Aero (a startup backed by Boeing and Jet Blue) believes electric aircraft of varying sizes are ideally suited to this critical need, requiring little support other than a GPS flightpath and a quick recharge or swap facility on the tarmac.

Short-haul flights produce over 40% of aviation emissions. With Zunum hybrid electric aircraft (and then later all electric aircraft, Zunum believes these will be largely eliminated within twenty years. Our aircraft are “hybrid-to-electrics” that sip fuel only when they have to, will use even less over time as batteries upgrade, and will one day go completely without — so that flying will be kind to the Earth…”

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