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Why electric planes may never go big

Aditi Rajagopal
May 17, 2024

Electric planes are silent, cheap to operate and would be a great solution to a lot of aviation’s problems including air and noise pollution. And they seem to be at the cusp of going commercial. I flew in the first e-plane certified to take off and went on a journey to figure out whether we will all soon be flying electric.

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Aditi Rajagopal from the DW Environment team
Aditi Rajagopal Aditi Rajagopal is a DW environment reporter mainly working for Planet A on Youtube and tiktok.
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