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Could a new generation of emission-free electric planes do the same to the polluting airliners in our skies a major step in the fight against climate change? NOVA looks at an array of promising new electric planes on the horizon and takes you for a ride in some impressive prototypes that are already in the air.
Right at the start of “The Great Electric Airplane Race,” a thought-provoking NOVA documentary that aired on PBS at the end of May, correspondent Miles O’Brien admits that aircraft are “the high-hanging fruit” in decarbonization. Consider this: the batteries needed to […]