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Electrification transfers badly from cars to aircraft, because a car engine is under 10% efficient while a modern aero engine is already 30 to 40%.

Drawn from what Bjorn Fehrm said

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aviation Flying and the machines that do it: propulsion, airlines, runways, and what happened to Boeing.

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  1. Bjorn Fehrm Aeronautical engineer, former fighter pilot and airline…
    the electric technology used for cars only has to beat energy hogs that are below 10% in efficiency, our everyday car. But to qualify for aircraft use, the technology has to equal or beat what is used today, which is at the 30% to 40% efficiency level using modern turboprop or turbofan engines.

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