Just Have a Think | Battery powered flights from Washington DC to LA. No longer a pipe dream? @JustHaveaThink | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Battery technology is developing at breath-taking speed all over the world, but China still leads the way. Now they've created batteries with such high energy density that they're using them to develop a commercial aircraft with a range of 2,000 miles - enough for most commuter flights in the US or Europe. So, has battery chemistry reached yet another previously impossible milestone?

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