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by elmar 3375 days ago
Personally I think the development will be on 1 to 4 places fully electric aircraft and maybe 4-30 places hybrid.
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Airplanes really don't get the same benefits cars do from being hybrids. Hybrid cars take advantage of the fact that cars have to change speeds often and electric motors are somewhat effective at recovering energy when the car needs to slow down. Planes don't have that issue. The engine in a plane generally sits at the same throttle point for >80% of the flight.