They’re currently testing it at sea level, with plans to get it up to flying heights sometime next year.Įlectric planes face challenges that electric cars don’t, like … you know, needing to get off the ground. Devin Coldewey has a profile on Wright, a startup looking to tackle this by making an electric engine that produces more thrust from less energy. Current battery tech is just too heavy for existing engines to get up in the air efficiently. Wright tests its electric engine for passenger planes: Electric planes face challenges that electric cars don’t, like … you know, needing to get off the ground.
Alex, if you’re reading this, please put your phone in airplane mode and do something cool.
Alex is still out, so I’ll be steering this ship for a few more days while (I hope) he stares at trees, or the ocean, or really anything but words on a computer screen. Welcome to the Daily Crunch for Wednesday, September 8, 2021. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m.
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