The artist rendering provided by Airbus on Tuesday shows an Airbus e-FanX hybrid test plane. Photo: Airbus via APFrankfurt: 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 three companies said on Tuesday they aim to build a flying version of the E-Fan X technology demonstrator plane by 2020. The hybrid version would generate electric power through a turbine within the plane. The companies said European plane maker Airbus SE would be responsible for building the aircraft’s systems into a working whole, control systems and flight controls.

Source: Mint November 28, 2017 16:30 UTC