“CEO of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Pieter Elbers thinks we should see electric airplanes on commercial flights within the next 15 to 20 years.
When the first electric cars came on the scene, people scoffed. Today, no one would bat an eyelid at the sight of an electric vehicle.
“I think a realistic projection for an electric plane is somewhere between 15 and 20 years,” Elbers said, echoing the comments made earlier this year by former Air France CEO Alexandre de Juniac…”
