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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by hef19898 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @06:12PM (#31718762)
With more and more SUVs and truck beimg EVs that doesn't change much. Well, eVTOLs will burn longer, not that it matters because a large SUV will burn long enough to not matter to you.

And I'd bet a lot more on the crash safety of aerospace cerrified batteries than those of the automotive sector.

Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by teachrdan on Monday June 13, 2022 @04:58PM (#31731686)
> And I'd bet a lot more on the crash safety of aerospace cerrified batteries than those of the automotive sector.

Why? Aircraft are optimized for weight far more than automobiles. Making airplane batteries safer than car batteries would make them even less energy dense than they already are. Add to that fact that cars have a crumple zone built into them, while an airplane AFAIK does not -- at least not one that matters when it crashes into my house at 100mph.

Furthermore, some Tesla crashing on the freeway on the way to Tahoe is unlikely to start a forest fire. But what about some rich yahoo making the same trip while flying their personal electric plane who crashes in the Oakland hills?

These problems are non trivial particularly because every personal electric plane company wants to scale into the millions.