Airbus on Ambitions for Zero Emissions Flight
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Airbus aims to have an electric airliner in service by 2035. As part of this, the company announced three electric concept planes in September that are targeted for demonstration by 2025. Today Switched On speaks with Glenn Llewellyn, vice-president of zero emission aircraft at Airbus. He speaks with BloombergNEF Sustainability Editor Bryony Collins about this effort, the tradeoffs between batteries and hydrogen, and other challenges to be overcome for no-emissions planes to become a reality. BNEF users can read a transcript of this interview, and see all BNEF analyst content on bnef.com or BNEF Mobile, or at BNEF on the Bloomberg Terminal. Switched On is hosted this week by Dana Perkins.
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