Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce to build hybrid plane
 

Proof of concept

Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce are teaming up to develop a hybrid passenger plane that would use a single electric turbofan along with three conventional jet engines running on aviation fuel.



The big idea is to show a technology that could help limit emissions of carbon dioxide from aviation and reduce reliance on fossil fuels and the trio think they will have it in the air by 2020.

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