Two companies are joining forces to make the sky a greener place with a futuristic airliner, a cross between a jet and a hybrid car.
European aviation company EADS, which is rebranding as the Airbus group, and Rolls-Royce are testing a new technology to build a quiet, efficient jet for a project called eConcept. Electricity is generated and fed to six fans in the back of the plane to propel the aircraft using an e-thrust system.
The jet would use a single turbine engine to drive a generator and batteries would store energy. A top Rolls-Royce official told the BBC that the project could be ready by 2030.
Watch the video above to learn more, then take a visual tour of some of the specifics below (click the diagonal arrows in the lower right-hand corner to enlarge the clip).
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