threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoLilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Floridaelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1107
arrow-up1102external-linkLilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Floridaelectrek.cothreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoThere is work going on making actual electric jets. They use plasma to expand the compressed gas in the same way conventional jets use fuel. Very early days though.
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agohttps://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-fossil-fuel-free-jet-engine-prototype
There is work going on making actual electric jets. They use plasma to expand the compressed gas in the same way conventional jets use fuel. Very early days though.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-fossil-fuel-free-jet-engine-prototype