First Cars, Now Planes: Is The Future of Flying Electric? Ep194: Anders Forslund

Aviation accounts for around 2-3% of global emissions, and is
showing no sign of decreasing. There has been a lot of focus on
replacement fuels, but no real paradigm shift in the industry.
Anders Forslund has a plan to change that. 


Anders is the CEO of Heart Aerospace, the Swedish airplane
developers who've recently established an R&D facility in
California to develop their 30 seater hybrid-electric plane.
Later this year, their all-electric prototype will take to the
skies in its first test flight. 


While there are a number of companies innovating in the aerospace
sector, including Joby Aviation, featured in Episode 156 of
Cleaning Up, Heart is targeting larger planes and longer routes.
They already have orders to buy hundreds of planes, most notably
from United Airlines, and have received early investment from
Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures. 


This episode was recorded at the Heart Aerospace facilities in El
Sugundo, Los Angeles. 


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Links:


The Heart Aerospace website

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