Electric planes: The future of aviation?

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  • Correspondent David Pogue checks out advances being made in aviation technology that allow a plane to be powered by batteries, promising a more environmentally-friendly, quieter and cheaper ride that may not even require a runway.
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  • @mihadalzayat6957
    @mihadalzayat6957 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +56

    If the FFA approves Boeing planes, it will surely approve these.

    • @Island_Line_Rail_Productions
      @Island_Line_Rail_Productions 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      The Future Farmers of America?

    • @MichaelCasey1988
      @MichaelCasey1988 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Boeing has lobbyists these folks dont'. That is the true difference

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Island_Line_Rail_Productions
      LOL! 😅

    • @ytzpilot
      @ytzpilot 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      This technology is progressing much faster in Europe than in North America they are leading the world in this technology

    • @norwegianzound
      @norwegianzound 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It knows how to do that for decades. This is new, so they hate to learn new stuff.

  • @marialloyd9527
    @marialloyd9527 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    This is so AWESOME! I Grew up on Air Force bases and now live 70 miles from an International Airport, 15 miles from a Reserve Airport, and 10 miles from a Medi-Vac helicopter pad. Internationals are less viewable & noisy due to their altitude, Reserve are less frequent but loud & visible, and the Helicopters rattle the house. So please start with the local helicopters!😃

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      e- HELI still too HEAVY and limited PAYLOAD.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Then move farther out.

    • @yaash4123
      @yaash4123 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Hate to break it to you but these are going to be just as loud. A small drone sounds like a weed Wacker so imagine what eight airplane size props are going to be like.

    • @na-yp4xq
      @na-yp4xq 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      don't move near damn airport, problem solved

  • @leonhank4448
    @leonhank4448 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    David is perfect for this episode

  • @GamerplayerWT
    @GamerplayerWT 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    Be nice to help avoid noise pollution with these versus the extremely loud jet fueled crafts.

    • @ronlacker326
      @ronlacker326 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They can't skip one vide without pumping it full of "climate change" propaganda.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      bladeless FANS can fix that.
      just like a Dyson air Multiplier , but UPSCALED.

    • @kaipistols
      @kaipistols 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do you miss the sound of steam trains?

    • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
      @Cucumberflavoredmustard 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      All aerial propulsion systems are loud.

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​​@@markplott4820there is lost when you use those type of fans and you still need a blade inside, Dyson fans have blades inside.

  • @tvm73827
    @tvm73827 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Whenever I see David Pogue I’m reminded of OceanGate

    • @martinwhite418
      @martinwhite418 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Isn't that funny. Me too.

  • @LiniSue
    @LiniSue 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +48

    Great segment of a show I have watched for over 40 yrs. Hope to ride in one b4 I pass.

    • @nitwitt50
      @nitwitt50 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Me too❤

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I like NOVA better.

    • @RichardQuaid
      @RichardQuaid 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You can't beat the variety of topics Sunday Morning covers. Great show!

    • @FatherGapon-gw6yo
      @FatherGapon-gw6yo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Probably just so

  • @98f5
    @98f5 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    You won't keep doubling every 7 years, just like moores law is no longer applicable. But i guess it sounds great for marketing

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      its , Actually EXPONENTIAL .non - linear.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You have an answer to just about every doubter huh?
      What is exactly you do for a living ?

    • @98f5
      @98f5 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @markplott4820 exponential would be approaching infinity. Exponential decay maybe, but i'd probably say its logarithmic, as the gains will eventually approach zero. Battery energy density gains follow a logarithmic curve: rapid initial improvements have plateaued. With next-gen batteries nearing peak efficiency, further gains are minimal. We must now explore non-traditional storage methods to achieve significant advancements.

  • @ibgarrett
    @ibgarrett 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    I think their future vision is a little over optimistic. Even carrying six people in their aircraft at a cost rather of an Uber isn’t going to be close. And an airliner in my lifetime? Yeah. Not going to happen.

    • @user-xt9ce6cy1r
      @user-xt9ce6cy1r 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They’d get investors pumping money in once the concept is proven. Delayed profit is a good play here.

    • @freespiritable
      @freespiritable 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The aviation industry is way behind in innovation. Plane are still built like they were built 70 years ago.

    • @alanh2820
      @alanh2820 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I so agree with you. No volume here. Only available for the ultra rich. No way it can scale to regular people.
      Simply a replacement for helicopters.

  • @WillsJazzLoft
    @WillsJazzLoft 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    These are really great concept or proof of concept vehicles

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      but , all the Concepts are very BAD designs.

  • @undertow2142
    @undertow2142 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    We going to need a lot of nuclear power plants. Between everything becoming battery powered and mega AI data centers.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      NOPE , Nuclear in 2024 is already too Expensive.
      SOLAR & WIND can SCALE faster , and Deploy FASTER.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      see - Tony Siba Disruption of ENERGY.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      nuclear waste, your great great grandchildren's problem

    • @JonDavid1224
      @JonDavid1224 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m off-grid, and have no problem charging my electric car from my home’s solar. I think home solar is the answer.

    • @arthurfoyt6727
      @arthurfoyt6727 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@markplott4820 Solar and wind don't scale well, that and they are unreliable.

  • @seventhdayissabbath8747
    @seventhdayissabbath8747 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    How would these work in (winter) really cold weather? We saw this past winter where EV's didn't do very well as the cold weather drained the batteries too quickly.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      1/2 the range , in COLD weather @ Altitude.
      can be improved w/ battery PRE heat while Charging , before Takeoff.
      Aircraft needs HEAT pumps , to extract HEAT out of the AIR.

    • @robertmarmaduke186
      @robertmarmaduke186 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It's 60°s below zero at 35,000 feet. Funny they left that out.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@markplott4820to “ extract heat out of the air “ you wrote. At high altitudes. Out of thin air.
      Obviously you never took up thermodynamics upon your schooling.
      And do you have a fanintest idea of how many heat pumps you would need to fit your magical electric plane in an environment where heat loss is at faster clip ? And the amount of energy it would drain from your batteries ?
      You just babbled a bunch of non scientific nonsense on your sales pitch.
      Elon Musk must be desperate to be paying you to go around with these crackpot replies.

    • @steven4315
      @steven4315 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Been driving BEVs for 10 years in Indiana. EVs do fine in cold weather. The battery has heaters and a cooling system to keep the battery at the correct temperature range.

  • @stevenlynn3942
    @stevenlynn3942 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    In greater Los Angeles, where I live, there are over a millions of people taking car trips each day. Average commute is 40 miles according to a quick Google search, but I forgot to note if that is one way or round trip. Traveling by small vehicles like this in the air has a major constraint: keeping safe space between vehicles up in the air. Taking a flight in something like this from downtown or a suburb to a major airport has a further constraint: Large airliners are traveling much faster than smaller planes. Airports that service large airliners have large KEEP Out Zones for small planes to avoid collision. I like the idea, and I like the new tech, but if it gets off the ground (pun not intended, but I'll take it) expect it to carry a small niche of travelers in urban areas. On the other hand, it might possibly make major changes in travel in less densely populated areas. Until the improved travel situation in such areas attract more people and they become densely populated

  • @jfkastner
    @jfkastner 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    'Air Corridors' nor ATC have the Capacity to route hundreds or thousands of those eVTOLs safely across Cities, Schools, Powerplants, ...

  • @mysterymayhem7020
    @mysterymayhem7020 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    Battery capacity doubling every seven years is starting to sound a lot like the old moore's law of computer processing power in the 80's and 90's.

    • @PistonAvatarGuy
      @PistonAvatarGuy 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Except that it's not actually happening.

    • @christianclaudel6521
      @christianclaudel6521 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Doubling every seven years maybe but there are theoretical limits. For Li ion for instance you can't exceed theoretically something like 800 Wh/kg (chemistry). For LiS I believe the limit is 2kWh/kg

  • @lukew5602
    @lukew5602 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Archer!

    • @freddybell8328
      @freddybell8328 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Archer sucks. They're just a worse version of Joby. They're PR team is more talented than their engineers. Pterodynamics is better than both.

  • @kiniburk
    @kiniburk 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    My problem with electric aircraft is that unlike a combustion engine, electric doesn't lose weight as it uses fuel. Which shortens range and carrying capacity.

    • @robertmarmaduke186
      @robertmarmaduke186 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      #478 "WARNING: 10% BATTERY LOW!
      If you have to make an EVA forced landing, everyone will be pyrotechnically incinerated. "

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That is a logical deduction.
      In a nutshell , a battery powered airplane would lose reserve energy while carrying the same weight throughout its itinerary.
      And discounting inevitable range loss due to lower temperatures at higher altitude.
      Hey, for as long as there is no strings attached cheap money to bankroll , these crackpot inventors will defy logic just so they can get funding.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@@robertmarmaduke186batteries scare you

    • @bruceyboy7349
      @bruceyboy7349 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Does it matter if it ultimately has the range you need?

    • @arthurfoyt6727
      @arthurfoyt6727 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bruceyboy7349 It's way less efficient. It matters.

  • @williambarnebee40
    @williambarnebee40 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Put a small turbine on it to run a generator and you'd probably have one heck of a hybrid.... For longer flights?

    • @FatherGapon-gw6yo
      @FatherGapon-gw6yo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Just ditch all the electric for turbines

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Has just recently been done by Joby. The range doubled.

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@FatherGapon-gw6yo Because an electric aircraft, even with a generator, is safer, cheaper and simpler to fly than a turbine aircraft. The generators can be run on hydrogen or even regular old gas.

    • @martinwhite418
      @martinwhite418 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      You want to add drag to create power?

    • @williambarnebee40
      @williambarnebee40 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@martinwhite418 where does the drag come from?

  • @sheenestevez6710
    @sheenestevez6710 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Did you say the manufacturing plant is in China? Not getting on that plane.

  • @desmo8755
    @desmo8755 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    When emissions comes up they show a 4-turbine, 500-knot jet that’ll take 250 passengers anywhere… but these EVs compare to something like a Cessna. And environmentally from production through use through recycle there’s not much of a difference. An EV that could transport 200 people across the country, let alone around the world, would require so much battery weight it’d never get off the ground. The EVs have some neat advantages and It seems hard to be negative about these things but every new large LI battery seems like another wart on the landscape and until some kind of breakthrough these things are niche toys.

  • @MyUsernameIsAlsoBort
    @MyUsernameIsAlsoBort วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    First of all, why EVTOL? If you wanna make flying taxis, what benefit does it have over an electric helicopter? Second of all, while I think there is a market for electric flying vehicles, I do not see electric airliners becoming common place for one simple reason: they are MUCH slower than a jetliner. Sure, it's nice how much quieter they are, but flying from the East Coast to the West Coast takes about 6 hours now on a jetliner (5 if you're flying west to east). I don't see most people, myself included, being willing to put up with anything longer than that, even if it does mean a quieter flight.

  • @debbyrogers3722
    @debbyrogers3722 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love flying from the cockpit! It's so freeing❤😊

  • @bvrsqzr3569
    @bvrsqzr3569 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Like how EVs were supposed to be the future of vehicles? We were definitely finding that to be not true.

    • @lcfflc3887
      @lcfflc3887 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      The batteries that's the problem.

    • @mrplease66
      @mrplease66 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      in the US maybe.

    • @DrJohnnyJ
      @DrJohnnyJ 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No, we are not finding that. We are finding that legacy auto makers, big oil and Murdoch are very good at lying and lobbying. In China, 60% of new auto sales are EV's and they have completey replaced coal-fired plants with solar power. Biden tried but the lobbyists are too tough.

    • @bruceyboy7349
      @bruceyboy7349 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@lcfflc3887Battery technology is jumping forward faster than expected

    • @bruceyboy7349
      @bruceyboy7349 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's the future if governments aren't obsessed with keeping rich people rich

  • @livingroomguitarist7
    @livingroomguitarist7 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    2 leaders in this space. Joby and Beta, Archer has a long way to go.

  • @SpeedNAngels431
    @SpeedNAngels431 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    As a 32 year combined airline and corporate pilot, I see one too many variables that would ground this fantasyland gimmick in a heartbeat. When you deal with peoples lives in aviation, failure is not an option.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      so negative

    • @Iris-hx6ox
      @Iris-hx6ox 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The Wright Brothers plane wasn't all that and couldn't carry a load of people either when they first invented it. With your defeatist attitude, you would not be the airline pilot you are today.

    • @SpeedNAngels431
      @SpeedNAngels431 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Iris-hx6ox that’s not what your wife said last night ….

    • @Iris-hx6ox
      @Iris-hx6ox 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@SpeedNAngels431Great, a delusional two year old.

    • @SpeedNAngels431
      @SpeedNAngels431 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Iris-hx6ox that’s not what your mother said

  • @furiousninja133
    @furiousninja133 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Being an aviation geek and knowing amounts of improvement made to conventional jets over last century, it will require lots of time for me to get into these scaled up drones by an unknown company. YOLO you know.

  • @billkraemer4710
    @billkraemer4710 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    The chase plane, full of people will be slower than the electric plane with 1 person. It’s a weight and gravity thing, physics you understand. And to say electric planes produce zero emissions is an outright lie. It may be less, but it is not zero emissions. Those batteries took a lot of carbon fuels to manufacture and transport. Don’t be so disrespectful to the people.

    • @DavidPogue
      @DavidPogue 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      In Vermont, the state we were in, 90% of energy is generated renewably--and, in fact, in Burlington, where the airplane company is, it's 100%! In any case, the U.S. is gradually reducing its fossil-fuel use for power-so every single year, the electric planes (compared to jet fuel) look better and better.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      FALSE , twin engine turbo prop is already slower than Electric plane w/ Multiple motors.
      turbo ICE is a , NO GO scenario.
      also most twin engine planes only 3 - 4 blades vs 6 blade Electric is possible.

    • @robertmarmaduke186
      @robertmarmaduke186 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      #578 Coal-fired grid charging heavy battery plane with 50% less passenger capacity. Right. They're going for 'Renewable Energy! Solyndra. If you knew the whole Solyndra Solar City et al story, you would vömít."

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@markplott4820 funny you mention that as Embraer is reconsidering to going back on improved turbo prop engines in some of its fuselages.
      But naturally you would know more than Embraer’s corps of Engineers and its ITA brain trust on the subject.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ⁠@@DavidPogueRenewable you mean bought from Canada ( a.k.a. Quebec Hydro ) . Because Northern Nee England ain’t the Southwest as far as solar engineering generating capacity.
      And as for touting the next big green thing. ….until the day battery power can reliably match or surpass aviation fuel energy density , you are just building a toy.

  • @maxlinder5262
    @maxlinder5262 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I'd be skeptical about going the long distance in an electric plane... Worrying That it might NOT make the distance.... NOT too fond of planes right NOW.... So..????? 😊 just my opinion

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      you can charge from ANY Commerical Building @ airport.
      often have 400v 3-phase plugs.
      though Direct DC - DC Supercharging is FASTER.

    • @robertmarmaduke186
      @robertmarmaduke186 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@markplott4820You are very clever at dodging every question and proposing false solutions. Heat pumps don't work at 35,000 feet where it's 60° below zero, for example.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@robertmarmaduke186you have no green solutions

    • @anthonyrowland9072
      @anthonyrowland9072 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Do you worry about plane running out of fuel now?

  • @ShaunDakin
    @ShaunDakin 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    So cool

  • @bivideo7
    @bivideo7 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No...and, how much Carbon is emitted to charge them? Have you looked at the A&P programs lately?

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ZERO if you use Megapacks (4.5Mwh) each and Charged w/ LOCAL Solar or Wind.

    • @robertmarmaduke186
      @robertmarmaduke186 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@markplott4820Y#588 "Wind and solar are 10% of the grid and non-aligned with air travel corridors. The cost delivered of wind and solar is 3x higher than the grid. Battery weight will reduce passenger capacity by 1/3rd. 8th grade math ticket would cost 10x more to fly EV, NONE of airport maintenance mechanics are rated as 400V electricians. This will never fly. It's a 'carbon credits' scheme, like Solyndra."

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @bivideo7 do your own research, stop watching fox news

  • @ZakiSalem-zh5gr
    @ZakiSalem-zh5gr 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    As long as it's not made by Boeing, then it will do fine

  • @jeremyhounshell1099
    @jeremyhounshell1099 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How many miles can the EP fly before it needs charging and how long does it take to charge the plane before it can take flight again?

    • @robertmarmaduke186
      @robertmarmaduke186 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      With ion propulsion they will be able to fly suborbital!😂🎉

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The air taxis are shooting for 100-200 miles in the first generation. the Idea is they are designed to make 20-30 mile one way trips with charging pads at the landing pads. Recently Joby added a ICE generator to their EVTOL and made a 400 mile one way trip. Again, as battery tech improves, so will the range. They are designed to have the batteries removed for easy maintenance, so plugging in upgraded batteries a few years later IS and option.

  • @romstar
    @romstar 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Now David... I know you learned your lesson after that trip in the submersibles...😢

  • @eddiekulp1241
    @eddiekulp1241 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    How is an electric plane going to carry 300 people across Atlantic in 4 hours at 35,000 feet ?

    • @bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149
      @bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      We're a long way from that. But the short range air taxis are definitely viable with current tech.

    • @coreysuffield
      @coreysuffield 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      that is a question only the future can answer. we should not be dismissive of small steps in the present because there is a lot to figure out and learn. if you were to witness the wright brothers airplane flying for the first time you would probably ask how can such an aircraft carry an entire bus load of people and luggage

    • @bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149
      @bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@coreysuffield Spoken like a forward thinker that looks to what is possible in the future. Not what is impossible now. That's how the impossible becomes possible.

    • @Sempuukyaku
      @Sempuukyaku 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Did you....actually watch this video?

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Simple. Currently jet engines burn liquid fuel to heat air flowing through them. Improved battery technology will allow the air to be electrically heated to the same temperatures. The biggest issues for the batteries are the amount of power the batteries can retain and the weight. As mentioned in the story, battery technology is improving, with power levels increasing and weight of the batteries going down.

  • @bionictuck6952
    @bionictuck6952 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Go Joby

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      RIP .

    • @BlueEyed888
      @BlueEyed888 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      JOBY is years ahead of all the competition. I’m betting on it big time.

    • @jameschristiansson3137
      @jameschristiansson3137 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cascading catastrophic failure from one blade letting go. Joby still has work to do to sort this out.

  • @chadgriffith5819
    @chadgriffith5819 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love the green new deal image lol. It’s about money and safety and I’m good with that. If it’s cleaner than that’s a win win. I’d love to bolt up electric motor on my plane for reliability.

  • @triplec8375
    @triplec8375 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Beta's CEO, Clark, is mistaken, Beta is not the only company flying people in electric airplanes. There's Ehang, Volocopter, Electra, Vertical Aerospace, and quite a few traditional airplanes that have been converted to battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, or hybrid electric that are flying with people on board.

  • @michaelmonthey5974
    @michaelmonthey5974 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Beta should be making their electric planes in America.

  • @heron2
    @heron2 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You gotta stop sending David in these experimental vehicles! He barely escaped the submersible!

  • @mariamkhan7135
    @mariamkhan7135 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I don't think the public wants to travel on a plane with out a pilot even if its in 2030 onward

  • @majorseventh2699
    @majorseventh2699 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In extremely cold weather they will have very short battery charge life, fly time and not be able to use the heater at all.

  • @pleka
    @pleka 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Pay cut bro is definitely expecting longer term higher compensation in the from of stock.

  • @CB-ke7eq
    @CB-ke7eq 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Batteries are heavy, and they don't lose weight as they discharge while jets get lighter as they use up fuel, making them more efficient.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      you dont like the future

    • @CB-ke7eq
      @CB-ke7eq 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@mike_w-tw6jd You don't like to read apparently.

  • @chbl1881
    @chbl1881 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    a battery fire in flight must be fun

  • @JohnSmith-qe6fb
    @JohnSmith-qe6fb 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Electric planes may not emit pollutants, but their creation, distribution, mainentance (not to mention the mining of materials for the batteries) are some of the areas that emissions are created.

  • @antoniobabb4569
    @antoniobabb4569 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's the future for cities but not long distance

  • @arthurfoyt6727
    @arthurfoyt6727 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Electric plane have a huge disadvantage; they never get lighter during a flight. They have to basically always carry a "full load" throughout the flight and during the landing.

  • @marlinweekley51
    @marlinweekley51 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Iam still waiting for my jet packs we were promised in the 60s 😂

  • @Allenfactsandinsider
    @Allenfactsandinsider 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    uploaded 1 day ago
    I was thinking about this since 9 years
    my childhood

  • @TheTexasDuke
    @TheTexasDuke 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I would fly again honestly

  • @LMays-cu2hp
    @LMays-cu2hp 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing.😊

  • @matthewscopelite5303
    @matthewscopelite5303 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    100 years of aviation and the next best thing is a propeller powered aircraft.
    Admiral Rickover and the US Navy engineered the world's first nuclear powered submrine in just under 4 years (1949-1953), and under budget.
    The fact that the world has not yet implemented anti-gravity commercial aircraft in widespread use at this point in time should really give one pause for thought

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      if you can get Bladeless Fans to work & SCALE , that is the Solution.

    • @williamduffy1227
      @williamduffy1227 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Have you perfected that "Anti-gravity" drive? 😅

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@markplott4820
      All fans have blades. Open blades , helicoidal blades, radial blades. Period. The blade is the essential element in a fan design. Or a propeller.
      And as for your engineering ….credibility, zero. With or without blades.

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Maybe try watch a physics channel. Your complaints would actually be grounded in reality.

    • @gelade
      @gelade 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      anti gravity you say? so anything that's already flying? because planes we have since 1900 are "anti-gravity" just fine.

  • @micahbailey7328
    @micahbailey7328 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No pilot ? that's a scary thought

  • @garygullikson6349
    @garygullikson6349 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If a good substitute for Lithium is discovered, available from US resources, electric land and air vehicles can replace other fuel powered vehicles. Government subsidies are paid for by taxes.

  • @kmkall6874
    @kmkall6874 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Let’s build the power plants first
    Nuclear Power Plants

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      NUCLEAR is non Viable in 2024.
      too EXPENSIVE.
      can build 10x more SOLAR & WIND, along w/ Megapacks (4.5Mw) each.
      SOLAR & WIND gets Permitted 25x FASTER , builds 100x FASTER than Nuclear.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      lets burden future generations with storing the waste

    • @martinwhite418
      @martinwhite418 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Solar.

    • @mowcowbell
      @mowcowbell 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Nuclear if they can get fusion working.

    • @sarkaranish
      @sarkaranish 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mike_w-tw6jd the waste is already stored very easily and safely underground. All the nuclear waste in the world can be stored in a swimming pool.

  • @kristinek2916
    @kristinek2916 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Love this!!!! Technology at its BEST!! 💙 🌍

    • @arthurfoyt6727
      @arthurfoyt6727 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Aviation is the last place for this "tech". Airlines make money by keeping their planes flying as much as possible. That. and designing a CERTIFIED new airframe and power plant for commercial use takes 20 years.

  • @ampdesign
    @ampdesign 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Crossing fingers this does not turn out like David Pogue's Titan submersible report

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There are literally BILLIONS of dollars in just the leading companies (Joby, Archer) from airlines (Delta, United), automakers (Stellantis, Toyota) as well as the US Department of Defense. This is happening, and VERY SOON!

    • @arthurfoyt6727
      @arthurfoyt6727 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@helifanodobezanozi7689 Once people realize that atmospheric co2 has risen but the atmosphere has not warmed, then all these BILLIONS in pet projects will be dropped.

  • @samdeedubya
    @samdeedubya 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    "electric powered jet liner" 😂😂😂

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Actually coming soon.
      similar size to 737/757 or A220/320 .

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@markplott4820 and you are full of it.

  • @richardsquires1726
    @richardsquires1726 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Vermont technical center in Randolph needs an aviation program and let's request some funding for them

  • @_HMCB_
    @_HMCB_ 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is very impressive.

  • @moonkiettran
    @moonkiettran 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cost the same as Uber right, why do these company lies. Insurance, regulations, safety alone would make this price impossible.

  • @garyvermaak9470
    @garyvermaak9470 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Archer is creating "air taxis." You'll board the air taxi from a so-called "vertiport" downtown, and then fly to the airport, for example, in just a few minutes to catch your traditional flight. Adam Goldstein, the founder and CEO of Archer, says your eVTOL flight will cost about as much as an Uber or Lyft ride."
    What's new?
    eVTOLs 1917 (PKZ1)
    Airtaxis 1919
    JFK Manhattan flights 1953 (New York Airways)
    As cheap as Uber when Uber vehicle cost $25k vs $5M for a Midnight and an Uber driver earns a lot less than a pilot?

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      DIRECT Boring LOOP Tunnels are FASTER & safer.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh I get it. Mark works in behalf of Elon Musk.

  • @pangrac1
    @pangrac1 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cant wait, yesterday was late. Quite, cheap and clean. Ifeal for short jumping and for island country.

  • @yaash4123
    @yaash4123 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    These are only going to be "useful" for short range flights due to their excess weight. You can't really make the batteries hold more energy or make them lighter. The only alternative fuel source that might work is hydrogen. For moving people short distances buses, and trams are going to be faster and safer on average. Let's fund public transit!

  • @mattroyle1087
    @mattroyle1087 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How was the electricity generated?

  • @mikeparker6322
    @mikeparker6322 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Commercial airlines fly at up to 40,000 feet and at over 500 knots. Some carry 200 for up to 9000 miles. So electric powered craft will match these numbers in 30 to 40 years???

  • @billhamilton
    @billhamilton 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No mention of speed or knots per hour. Prop planes fly a fraction of the speed of jets. So electric planes cannot replace jets for long distance travel.

  • @ed5378
    @ed5378 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There's a Pilot shortage where do I sign up for the future

  • @philipthecow
    @philipthecow 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I can see the US military interested in using an aircraft for cargo delivery.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Chinook and Super Stallion already for cargo , Super REIABLE.

    • @philipthecow
      @philipthecow 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@markplott4820 The electric VTOL aircraft in this video is likely way cheaper to fly and maintain that gas helicopters. Per Wikipedia the Super Stallion is $20K/hour. I'm sure the Chinook is even more costly.

    • @forquat
      @forquat 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Important point - These evtol emit way less noise when compared to helicopters..!

    • @helifanodobezanozi7689
      @helifanodobezanozi7689 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not just cargo, but rear area medevac and personnel transportation. Especially when they are automated, think of them as flying HUMVEE'S!

  • @2014andBeyonD
    @2014andBeyonD 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    For this business to work you need a very high demand for helicopters, which obviously perform the same task already. And there isn't any abnormal surge in demand for short hops. Beautiful machines? Yes! But doomed to fail.

  • @DrJohnnyJ
    @DrJohnnyJ 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There are electric airplanes being made in Slovenia. They are popular trainers as they are very cheap to fly.

  • @joelhageman1903
    @joelhageman1903 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    To put it briefly: whoosh. A lot of air. Think about the infrastructure in those 10 years. These things are powerhouses. Electric jet, boosting down the runway. Just waiting on the battery capacity. But once you have it, planes, trains, automobiles, produce trucks, ocean freight - wait for it: everything! Makes for a lot going on at a far more efficient level. Leveling up. See ya!

    • @TipToe67
      @TipToe67 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      BETA is creating their own battery ! The leadership there is the real deal and the founder is an American gem!

  • @davidcarp5935
    @davidcarp5935 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Pilot to co pilot, "what do you mean you forgot to charge the batteries!"

    • @98f5
      @98f5 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dont worry we will autorotate on the way down and charge it up.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      e-planes cab DC fast charge @ 1000w.
      0 - 90% in 15 minutes.

    • @marciasken
      @marciasken 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh and be sure to put lead back into paint, asbestos in our insulation and let people smoke everywhere they want. Make America great again…..lmfao

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @davidcarp5935 ev hater

  • @SALESPRODUCTIONS
    @SALESPRODUCTIONS 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Electric planes : The future of aviation ?
    That would be an INCREDIBLY ROBUST NO.
    Unless and until the "energy density" of a battery - or other source - gets even close to liquid gasoline - electric powered aircraft are not going to "take off".

    • @instantchow
      @instantchow 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      yea, that's the attitude! just say no to innovation!

  • @davidlosey431
    @davidlosey431 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    my question is, how will airports, cities that host those airports, and their states increase their electrical output capabilities to further accommodate a growing electric-based vehicle infrastructure. We are reluctant to return to Nuclear power which would be the most effective at generating consistent greenish power. We continue to put the cart before the horse, if we do not improve our infrastructure we only hamstring the growth of these new aircraft.

  • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
    @Cucumberflavoredmustard 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    This tech is not new. It just hasn't been used because it isn't commercially viable. Batteries are HEAVY, and unless we invent some new elements on the periodic table, they always will be. Weight is the sworn enemy of all things that want to be airborne.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Someone is getting funded . OPMs. Other People’s Money. Probably some Union Pension Fund syphoned by some guilible VC suit.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      ​@@serafinacosta7118obviously everything is a conspiracy.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mike_w-tw6jd no, it is just how these “ innovative projects “ get financed or funded. Always OPM. But then , someone will eventually pop the bubble.

    • @xiaoka
      @xiaoka 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Things aren’t commercially viable, until they are.

    • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
      @Cucumberflavoredmustard 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@xiaoka Airplanes make money the same way as trucks do: there is enough weight capacity left over after the fuel, the crew, and the machine itself to haul things that make the owner money. With a heavy battery that capacity, and by extension the earning potential of the machine, is too limited.

  • @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276
    @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    David dodged a bullet by not going on that Titanic submersible. I’d recommend he keep that streak alive by staying the hell away from these planes.

    • @bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149
      @bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We don't progress by fearing the unknown and refusing to take risk.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you must stay in your safe bubble

  • @takeoffoptions
    @takeoffoptions 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You don't just "give up" a pilot job at Delta.....

  • @UncleSam-USofA
    @UncleSam-USofA 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Air Force 1 would be a good start

  • @koot421
    @koot421 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Air taxi as cheap as an Uber?
    Yeah okay. Not when it requires a pilot.

  • @spneall
    @spneall 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You can't say battery powered and zero emissions about any product with a battery. It is a very cool product but battery manufacturing is an environmental disaster in itself.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      FALSE , Tesla makes MOST Enviromental battery in TX, the 4680 Cybercell.
      Tesla will make OWN Cathodes soon, will also Refine own Lithium.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      see - Tesla IMPACT report 2023/ Batteries.

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh I get it. You are a troll fot Tesla.

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @spneall your "facts" are wrong

  • @randyreese6413
    @randyreese6413 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The planes themselves don’t have emissions, but the more demand for electricity the more fossil fuels are burnt to create the electricity, spewing out more emissions than taking jet planes.

  • @aaronmontero447
    @aaronmontero447 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As amazing as helicopters are, a small EVTOL aircraft that can achieve the flexibility of a helicopter with the speed of a plane would mean safer and more efficient air ambulances while also being less polluting both environmentally and in terms of noise. Can’t wait :)

  • @garyfuller6553
    @garyfuller6553 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bad Math. 7% doubles every 10 years it’s 10% that doubles every seven years. It’s not encouraging to have an engineer who doesn’t understand basic math

  • @JGG3345
    @JGG3345 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The airlines only have a pilot shortatge because they have been paying pilots so little for so long that it's not as attractive as it used to be.

  • @VernMathis
    @VernMathis 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That’s so awesome!

  • @TheScottab
    @TheScottab 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Maybe for general aviation, that I could see.

  • @331SVTCobra
    @331SVTCobra 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Autonomous aviation is doable, autonomous cars will never be doable.
    Reason: autonomous aviation can be allocated airspace and peer-to-peer communications would avoid collisions. Given reasonable GPS, autonomous aircraft won't smash into mountains or tall buildings, and they won't need to rely on cameras like autonomous cars do.

  • @william38022
    @william38022 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Pretty cool 😎 🆒👍🌻✌️

  • @straighttoyou
    @straighttoyou 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes, and im surprised that you didn't take a payout to block the story. Like you do with other technology that will save earth.

  • @tunkunrunk
    @tunkunrunk 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    imagine every ordinary citizen flying that thing , you can guess more crash , as if we hadn't enough death by car

  • @nolonger9112
    @nolonger9112 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How muck kw it can store and how many kwh it use? Oh and how long it charge.

    • @markplott4820
      @markplott4820 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      1000w battery pack , VERY Efficient.
      DC FAST charge is possible @ 1000w .
      0 - 90% 10 minutes. USE battery PRE condition before Takeoff , max range.

  • @syoung3602
    @syoung3602 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    No emission sales pitch again?

    • @mike_w-tw6jd
      @mike_w-tw6jd 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      because you like emissions?

    • @syoung3602
      @syoung3602 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mike_w-tw6jd With respect no but don't lie about it making that plan or car is emissions free.

  • @justinmas299
    @justinmas299 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just get one of the Boeing inspectors, your be up and running next week. No safety checks required.

  • @Jagm177-f9o
    @Jagm177-f9o 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I bet musk could make an electric jet engine, that shoots electrons into the combustion chamber instead of fossil fuels. He would find a way to make it work.

  • @ProMakeupTV
    @ProMakeupTV 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    so refreshing to see a progressive state like Vermont lead in green aviation. Sick of seeing these "green companies" in tx

  • @joependleton6293
    @joependleton6293 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Air hop ///☁️ a working prototype for evtol goals... Great endeavour.

  • @space1commander
    @space1commander 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very cool. I want one...

  • @Mario500NOW
    @Mario500NOW 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    (note (regarding text directly below this note): findings of unobjective language in the audio of this video)
    "a clumsy acronym"; "a so-called vertiport"; "Well, this sounds great"; "So, what's the hold up"; "Consultant Sergio Cecutta can tell you what the last hold up is"; "two strange aspects"; "Really, the world's first electric planes will make history by carrying boxes"; "For consultant Cecutta, that makes perfect sense"; "Today, every airline has a desperate pilot shortage"; "Fortunately, flying these planes, isn't rocket science"; "Why Vermont? It it seems like all the engineers and the programmers are in Silicon Valley"

    • @serafinacosta7118
      @serafinacosta7118 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sérgio is some sort of “consultant “. A glorified salesmen.
      Honestly, This reads like some fluff piece from CBS.
      The Vermont thing , well actually Vermont is not as backwater as you might concede, despite its bucolic rural setting. . IBM has a local presence there. And University of Vermont at Burlington has a decent amount of grant money tied on research.

  • @Danny-fs1hk
    @Danny-fs1hk 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome!!!

  • @Tembo_Leonardo
    @Tembo_Leonardo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As long it's not Boeing