Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft

Technological, economic and environmental prospects of all-electric aircraft

Ever since the Wright brothers’ first powered flight in 1903, commercial aircraft have relied on liquid hydrocarbon fuels. However, the need for greenhouse gas emission reductions along with recent progress in battery technology for automobiles has generated strong interest in electric propulsion in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schäfer, Andreas W., Barrett, Steven R. H., Doyme, Khan, Dray, Lynnette M., Gnadt, Albert Reuben., Self, Rod, O’Sullivan, Aidan, Synodinos, Athanasios P., Torija, Antonio J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126682

Internet

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126682

Similar Items