Name: The future of flying is electrifying
Uploaded: 2021-05-05T14:41:24Z
Duration: 4 min 10 s
Description: If you're a frequent flier, you're also a major polluter. What if there was a way to travel the world with less impact on the environment? In this quick, exciting talk, aviation entrepreneur and TED Fellow Cory Combs lays out how electric aircraft could make flying cleaner, quieter and more affordable -- and shares his work on Electric EEL, the largest hybrid-electric plane ever to fly.

If you're a frequent flier, you're also a major polluter. What if there was a way to travel the world with less impact on the environment? In this quick, exciting talk, aviation entrepreneur and TED Fellow Cory Combs lays out how electric aircraft could make flying cleaner, quieter and more affordable -- and shares his work on Electric EEL, the largest hybrid-electric plane ever to fly.

Cory Combs: The future of flying is electrifying

The future of flying is electrifying

Electric aviation heralds a new era, promising quieter, cheaper flights and significantly lower emissions, starting with hybrids.

Ampaire's Electric EEL, a hybrid-electric aircraft, pioneers this shift, demonstrating feasibility of cleaner commercial flights.

Hybrid-electric planes are a crucial step towards full electrification, leveraging current technology to reduce aviation's carbon footprint.