Although Tesla has established its dominance in the technology world, Elon Musk has never stopped creating new technologies for all tech enthusiasts.
We are looking forward to the appearance of Tesla Airlines, about a year ago, Elon Musk said that one day all vehicles will be electric,
Yes, Musk has made it clear that an electric plane has been his dream for a decade. Making these electric planes has long been on the schedule of Tesla's electrification business.
Musk says it will be an interesting subject. But in the next few years, we will have to solve some problems first before we enter this field.
CEO Elon Musk first hinted at the idea of an electric plane in an interview in September 2018.
One day in the future, Tesla may enter the field of electric aircraft when the battery energy density reaches 450 or 500 watt-hours per kilogram, and the packaging energy efficiency reaches 400 watt-hours per kilogram.
In contrast, the energy density of Tesla electric cars is about 254 watt-hours per kilogram, which means that the output power of electric aircraft must be doubled to work effectively.
If you want to achieve supersonic flight, in fact, the biggest problem is two, the first is the energy density of the battery is the speed of the energy supply, the second is the way of propulsion, in fact, we do not currently have an electric aircraft can achieve such a high speed, especially to have both vertical take-off and landing capabilities, its performance is bound to be further weakened.
But in any case, electric aircraft is a sunrise industry, because it can greatly alleviate the environmental pollution problems caused by this fossil fuel, as well as the supply problems of a series of fossil fuel industries, if it can use cleaner and more efficient electricity.
Undoubtedly, it is a good news for flight, but if the electric aircraft has both vertical take-off and landing, the burden of high altitude and high speed is obviously very heavy.
Musk himself also said that such a performance of electric aircraft is not the most priority project, the current top priority project is still electric vehicles, solar cell technology and energy storage technology, these technologies are more priority than electric aircraft, and the emergence and breakthrough of these technologies can also objectively promote the improvement and improvement of electric aircraft performance, which is Musk's more pragmatic idea.
Tesla is very likely to eventually enter the market, and the company's technical advantages in this field and the technical achievements of networking technology cannot be ignored.
Morgan Stanley analysts point out that Tesla has the ability to disrupt another industry in the next few years, namely aviation.