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Image shows a concept rendering of the planned all-electric ES-30 from Swedish company, Heart Aerospace.

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Video. Is this electric passenger plane the future of fossil-free flying?

Updated: 19/09/2022 - 21:47 GMT+2

A Swedish company is building this prototype to fly 200 kilometres on battery power alone, but its range could be doubled thanks to a hybrid turbo generator.

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