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by mliben 1943 days ago
Absolutely. It's easy to focus on comparing what we are working on with the other (few) electric solutions being built out there, but compared to combustion engines the specific power is a big step change. When you combine that with improved specific energy (either from cutting-edge batteries like what QuantumScape is working on, or cutting-edge fuel cell systems like what HyPoint is working on), you can see the path to GA electric planes and even small business jets is not far off.