I bet that is just a concept movie. If the auto industry can't get a decent battery developed, I don't see a high performance aircraft system being viable yet, either. Electric propulsion systems have a number of very attractive advantages, but batteries are still a huge problem, especially when weight is important.

I'm rooting for a success here, though, because an electric system good enough for an airplane could be used for many other applications.

tom

Electric propustion is great as long as you have a diesel gen to make the electricity. Electric propultion is a fantacy at this point. You still have to plug it in for a recharge, duh, where does that elecytricity come from. See any nuc plants going up. No you don't, but they are going to demo the dams on the Klamoth River.

Tim

Puffin huh? Gives a whole new meaning to the words Bird Strike! Just imagine all those idiots from the freeway late for work and, , well you get the idea.