Currently in production and use by China Eastern Airlines, although the production run is very limited (13 built, 7 in active use). It’s a fully electrified passenger plane with a range of 3500 miles, capable of holding 156-168 people based on seat configuration.
This vehicle threatens to compete with the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 Max jets.
It should be noted that the engines for these planes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_LEAP) was originally developed as a joint project by the American engineering company GE and the French Safran Aircraft Engines. Chinese firms bought the design specs, insourced the production, and are now rolling them out for productive use while their French counterparts are still stuck on ICE and the Americans are just shoving their planes nose-first into the tarmac.
About 4L/100km/passenger, no better than a big SUV with four passengers but the SUV actually has anti emissions tech and doesn’t release it’s emissions at altitude.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919
Currently in production and use by China Eastern Airlines, although the production run is very limited (13 built, 7 in active use). It’s a fully electrified passenger plane with a range of 3500 miles, capable of holding 156-168 people based on seat configuration.
This vehicle threatens to compete with the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 Max jets.
It should be noted that the engines for these planes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_LEAP) was originally developed as a joint project by the American engineering company GE and the French Safran Aircraft Engines. Chinese firms bought the design specs, insourced the production, and are now rolling them out for productive use while their French counterparts are still stuck on ICE and the Americans are just shoving their planes nose-first into the tarmac.
About 4L/100km/passenger, no better than a big SUV with four passengers but the SUV actually has anti emissions tech and doesn’t release it’s emissions at altitude.