> During a 62-mile stretch of its historic flight, the plane used about 25 kilowatts of electricity for a total energy cost of just over $3, according to its pilot, Klaus Ohlmann. In all, the e-Genius consumed just a fifth of the energy of a typical, fuel-powered two-seater airplane.
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I can't share the rest I have unfortunately, as while the information itself is public (I believe the source is a study by Deloitte), the document I have also contains information that is not, and I don't have a publicly available reference for the source. I'll see if I can find one.
> But underestimate how much energy convenient VTOL takes.
I don't think so. E.g. Lilium uses VTOL, but the wings (holding the electric engines) starts tilting as quickly is possible to start taking advantage of ground-effect, as everyone is of course aware that VTOL is expensive. While the power they need for that short period of time is higher than ideal, it still ends up being a negligible portion of total power consumption other than for extremely short hops.
This is one of the easiest accessible ones: https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/thomson-reuters-why-20...
> During a 62-mile stretch of its historic flight, the plane used about 25 kilowatts of electricity for a total energy cost of just over $3, according to its pilot, Klaus Ohlmann. In all, the e-Genius consumed just a fifth of the energy of a typical, fuel-powered two-seater airplane.
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I can't share the rest I have unfortunately, as while the information itself is public (I believe the source is a study by Deloitte), the document I have also contains information that is not, and I don't have a publicly available reference for the source. I'll see if I can find one.
> But underestimate how much energy convenient VTOL takes.
I don't think so. E.g. Lilium uses VTOL, but the wings (holding the electric engines) starts tilting as quickly is possible to start taking advantage of ground-effect, as everyone is of course aware that VTOL is expensive. While the power they need for that short period of time is higher than ideal, it still ends up being a negligible portion of total power consumption other than for extremely short hops.