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1. ~What’th, “SUGAR(Sub-Sonic Ultra-Green Aircraft Research) -Volt”…. seems ‘Gay’! Why not something unsweetened like—> “HyVolt Aerodyne”..!!!

2. Who’s UAV was caught on the threat radar at Nellis in 1994-95,morphing technology,what a slick aircraft,somebody out their knows who’s it was ?

3. Looks like it’s a narrowbody

4. is this aircraft a widebody or narrow body?

5. Interesting!

6. Commercial aviation

7. its made in china bro

8. Actually, we can already buy electric 2 seater aircraft from China for about $100,000.

9. Does it consume the same amount of power while parked for a turn or overnight as a non-electric plane?

10. Does anyone know the name of the plane you see in the first seconds of the video at the bottom.
    (the one with the propellers)? thanks :)

11. Airbus can’t compare.

12. So- in response to someone saying this will never happen, they designed a plane that is obviously never going to happen?

13. boeing develop the technology….. and china steal the design… and build the nodle-volt aircraft…

14. My concepts would get 60 mpg for 4 people on Natural Gas. Assuming a 787 at 100 mpg/passenger and Jet-A at $3/gallon, vs 240 mpg/passenger and $1/gallon, my concepts would be 7.2 times better or about 13.8% of the fuel cost of a B 787. This is for a roadable seaplane that can land on snow, water, and drive to your house.

    Clearly, the jetliner model could be made obsolete quickly with the right funding to me.

    BTW, I was offer a 787 job (weights eng.) and did not take it. 787 not future.

15. I would have thought that the high aspect ratio wing would be negated by the use of struts?
    I also thought that Rutan proved that to be efficient, it was better to use a canard layout, make ALL the wings lift and proportion the aspect ratios between them.
    Charging batteries at an airport terminal would not be viable, the aircraft should have roll off-roll on pre-charged packs, even if they are sections of the wings.

16. I think his/her point is that it should be called “Green”, it should be called “Greener”.

17. Great initiative…

18. Fold able wings?? I don’t know about that one.

19. lol, you can make electricity with some wood and a river or some wind, so yes, it doesn’t need to have emissions.

    Though we obviously use metals and other chemicals to create our green power, which obviously does create some pollution, but it is a tiny fraction of what we produce with combustable engines/power plants.

20. please tell me where i go wrong…the electricity you use to charge the plane… did it grow on fields ??? no emissions produced in the creation of the electricity? or nuclear waste? how can these GREEN people still talk about, just plug it into the wall” i dont get it

21. Awesome! Technologically, there is no quesion you are on the right path. But does it have to look so ugly? I understand the reason the Dreamliner had to adjust its beautiful aerodynamic fish tail design for the rather boring conventional tail. Come on, guys. I know you can do much better. You must have an architect+designer in your team that can transform your technical advances with forms thatin concert capture the optimum technogy and also lift the imagion and spirit of all who experience it.

22. Why not have the plane fly on something like propane that can be burned in a jet engine at take off and also be used to produce electricity in a highly efficient fuel cell. No need for heavy batteries although I like the idea of renewable power being used. With the fuel efficiency of just 30-40% of a jet engine there’s huge fuel savings to a fuel cell with something like 80%. Combining the two would make so much sense.

23. Love it Boeing they say airbus is more advanced HA. Boeing is,

24. Your right.. All it does is change the pipe the pollutants come out of… Exhaust from a turbine engine, or smoke from burning coal. Same goes for the Chevy Volt, Toyota Prius, Nissan Leaf, etc. This country needs more public works projects for hydro electric and we need to figure out a safe method of Nuclear power.

25. hope i live to see this thing go into production