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This Air Taxi Took a 500-Mile, Hydrogen-Powered Flight in a 'Seminal Moment for Aviation'

12 Jul 2024 | Abstracted from Inc.

"Joby's core product is a battery-electric eVTOL that can carry four passengers plus a pilot at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour. The aircraft Joby used for its recent test flight consisted of '90 percent of the systems and components' of the company's existing eVTOL aircraft...the first forward flight of a liquid-hydrogen-powered eVTOL...liquid hydrogen enters the fuel cell, it is combined with compressed air to create electricity, water, heat. That electricity is used to power the vehicle's six motors and propellers, as well as recharge the eVTOL's batteries."

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