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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/avgeeks@sh.itjust.works

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[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity.

Translation: We glided our electric plane for 30 minutes. I really doubt they took off and reached altitude on $5 worth of electricity. No way.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

1mw according to the article, closer to 500usd than 5, but not impossible

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is no mention of power used in the article. The power output was 1 mW, but that's motor output power, not energy used. $5 is 30kW. 30 minutes of 1kW/min., no way, that's a toaster.

The max range on electric is 125 miles. Why bother to take a plane when you can drive an EV there in 2 hrs.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe they charged it for free on some friends solar panels and the 5USD were for the necessary morning coffee?

[–] fake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Very occasionally wholesale pricing can be as low as $5/MWh. But normal wholesale price for 1MW is $50-100USD according to EIA historical data. Then you'd have all the distribution costs on top of that before it gets to the plane.

$5/MWh is a total misrepresentation.