threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Floridaelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down15
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkLilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Floridaelectrek.cothreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareNaichlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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-squareNaichlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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