http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/02/elon-musk-getting-serious-about-electric-planes/ Elon Musk Getting Serious About Electric Planes 02/07/2016 Adnan Farooqui
Elon Musk has established Tesla has a major player in the electric car industry and he’s been toying with other ideas to further expand Tesla’s knowledge of all things electric. No wonder the company even makes battery packs to store energy that can power your house as and when required. He has been thinking about electric airplanes for a while now and it appears he’s getting serious about this. Last year Elon Musk talked about having plans for an electric plane that he couldn’t quite pursue since he didn’t really have a lot of free time on his hands, but that doesn’t mean he has stopped thinking about air travel powered by a renewable energy source. During a recent talk at Texas A&M, Musk was asked about what his next great idea was. He responded that he has been thinking about a vertical takeoff and landing electric jet “a bit more.” “I think I have something that might close. I’m quite tempted to do something about it,” he added. Musk didn’t go into much detail about this idea but, nevertheless, it got an enthusiastic response from the crowd. This really is the first indication from the Tesla and SpaceX CEO that he might be willing to do something about the electric jet idea that he has been toying with in his mind for some time now. It’s obviously easier said than done. There will be a considerable amount of hurdles that Musk and team will need to cross before they’re able to come up with an electric jet that’s safe enough to ferry passengers, doesn’t mean that it can’t be done, though. [© ubergizmo.com] http://www.carscoops.com/2016/02/elon-musk-talks-about-electric.html Elon Musk Talks About Electric Airplanes ... February 7, 2016 Bogdan Zoltan Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for his often less than conventional business ideas, though, some of those might not be as crazy as you think. Appearing as a special guest at the Hyperloop Pod Award ceremony at Texas A&M, the businessman attended a Q&A during which he was asked – among other things – what his “next great idea” was, to which he replied: "I have been thinking about the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) electric jet a bit more. I think I have something that might close. I'm quite tempted to do something about it." Indeed, it seems that the non-existent electric aircraft niche appears to allure the billionaire, as nobody is currently investing in this intriguing technology. Of course, it’s not certain if the idea will follow through, but Musk isn’t the kind of guy who backs down from his plans. He appears to be quite stubborn once his mind is set, as he explained when asked how he convinces people his ideas aren’t crazy: “That’s generally what they thought. In starting SpaceX, they definitely thought I was crazy. One of my best friends compiled a long video of rockets crashing and made me watch the whole thing. Some other friends of mine who were involved in rocket startups said it was a terrible idea, but I kind of thought we had a really tiny chance of succeeding anyway.” [© carscoops.com] ... http://learnbonds.com/126695/tesla-motors-tsla-ceo-elon-musk-quite-tempted-to-build-vertical-takeoff-electric-jets/ Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk ‘Quite Tempted’ to Build Vertical Takeoff Electric Jets February 8, 2016 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Musk-Getting-Serious-About-Electric-VTOL-Planes-tp4680424.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
