Why Electric Planes Are Almost Impossible | Pushing Limits

The aviation industry has burned through more than $20 billion with barely a working commercial product to show for it - Zunum Aero, Eviation, and Lilium all collapsed after raising serious money. So how is BETA different, and when will the rest of us actually get to fly electric?

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