Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft
(2018)
Journal Article
Schafer, A., Barrett, S., Doyme, K., Dray, L., Gnadt, A., Self, R., …Torija Martinez, A. (2019). Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft. Nature Energy, 4(2), 160-166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0294-x
Ever since the Wright brothers’ first powered flight in 1903, commercial aircraft have relied on liquid hydrocarbon fuels. However, the need for greenhouse gas emission reductions along with recent progress in battery technology for automobiles has... Read More about Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft.