it'd be great if they pull it off, but I'm skeptical that it would catch on even if it did. even most light general aviation aircraft use A LOT of electricity because of all the equipment these things have to have (transponder, radio, gps, temp guages, lights), and most of them are required equipment per the faa. obvious sacrifices are gonna have to made in order to power all this junk on an electrically powered aircraft, and if that were the case these airplanes would be easily outperformed by the more resilient and cost-effective gas powered aircraft. and I really don't see how an electrically powered engine could ever support an airliner, seeing as the average boeing burns around 10 pounds of fuel a minute. uhhh yeah that's a lot of energy man. but obviously this would be a critical turning point for the environment if they pull this off considering how much airplanes pollute