Maybe do plug-in hybrids first?

Estragon

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/electric-seaplane-float-plane-test-flight-harbour-air-1.5390816

I'm all for greening up air travel, but living under the flight path near a fair sized airport I hope these won't suddenly lose power like my  drill does when the lithium battery gets low 

softdown

People who write about battery powered 18 wheelers and airplanes must have gotten some really primo brownies during their Colorado excursion. 

We mostly have gigantic battery banks that are lucky to power our frugal homesteads for two days. 

icarus

There actually is a battery powered commercial (converted Beaver or Otter IIRC) in service out of Vancouver

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/worlds-first-fully-electric-commercial-aircraft-takes-flight-in-canada

Freightliner has shipped it’s first edition of battery powered transport trucks.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/daimler-first-electric-freightliner-semi-trucks/

Tony

softdown

icarus said:

There actually is a battery powered commercial (converted Beaver or Otter IIRC) in service out of Vancouver

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/worlds-first-fully-electric-commercial-aircraft-takes-flight-in-canada

Freightliner has shipped it’s first edition of battery powered transport trucks.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/daimler-first-electric-freightliner-semi-trucks/

Tony

I'd be willing to bet they are subsidized with money taken from the public. Muh feels are more important of course. 

icarus

Given that most energy sources are either directly or indirectly “subsidized” I don’t think pushing the envelope of energy technology is a bad thing.  That said, I have no idea if Daimler (parent company to Freightliner) gets/got subsidies for this or not.  The airplane cited is a one off and I would doubt there was/is much subsidy.