The Battery That Flies

16 Apr 2022 | Abstracted from NY Times

In the company's grand vision, electric cargo planes replace fleets of exhaust-spewing short-haul box trucks currently congesting America's roads.

With a limit of 250 nautical miles per battery charge, the vehicles would land atop solar-powered charging stations made out of shipping containers, some equipped with showers, bunks and kitchenettes.

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