Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens team on a hybrid electric aircraft

The trio hopes that E-Fan X will quickly “mature” hybrid aircraft and lead to an honest-to-goodness commercial single-aisle aircraft. It could be a long while before you’re flying aboard a hybrid jumbo jet, then, but this could lead to short-hop aircraft that consume much less fuel. And that’s bound to be helpful in reducing not …

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