[deleted] t1_jecv9k1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:10 AM

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This kind of tech will probably only be used in applications where more power is needed than electric could ever deliver.

There is no equivalent to a jet engine for electric planes, so you're forever limited to slow, long flights. To say nothing of military use. Fighter jets being the obvious case, but also tanks and such. There's no way you could ever power an Abrams with electricity.

Vladius28 t1_jed43qq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:24 AM

>There's no way you could ever power an Abrams with electricity.

Not for a few decades anyway

eugene20 t1_jedj8eh wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:01 AM

NASA rockets cargo to space on hydrogen.

BronyFrenZony t1_jefcyb6 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:34 PM

Electric motors are the superior traction technology, the energy density of batteries is the issue. Finding motors that put out 10kw/kg is not hard, those are gas turbine numbers.

[deleted] t1_jegpwqi wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:01 PM

I don't think we'll ever get batteries THAT good. And for aviation you're still limited to propellers.