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Old 10-24-2019, 08:51 AM   #1137
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Originally Posted by JDął View Post
HarbourAir - it's a publicity stunt and not even a flying concept. As far as I've heard it's not even approved by Transport Canada yet. Puddle jumpers like HarbourAir are always close to land and emergency services. Airliners, again, are decades away from being mainstream.
My buddy flies for Harbor Air and I had the chance to talk to him about he EV planes. He believe that the concept is a good one and is excited about the prospect of flying an e-plane. But Harbor is all in on this. They want to be a world leader in ev plane tech which is why they invested heavily in the company that makes the motor conversions.

EV has come a long way and is moving forward almost daily. Maybe Airliners are a long way away from EV, but there are so many more opportunities to use electricity to power us outside of the large applications.
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