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- Elon Musk has an idea for an electric plane that can take off vertically
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Answering an audience question at the Hyperloop Pod competition awards ceremony at Texas A&M University earlier this week, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said of his next great idea: I have been thinking about the vertical takeoff and landing electric jet a bit more. I think I have something that might close. I’m quite tempted to do something about it. That could be something. Unlike traditional planes, an aircraft with vertical take off and landing (VTOL) capabilities doesn’t need a runway to get in the air and can hover above ground. Musk could well have triumphantly dropped the mic…
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