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Colin Hodges

20 November 2018

Hybrid Electric and E-Fan X

E-Fan X

AIRBUS CONFIDENTIAL

ELECTRIFICATION

GROWTH

Battery cost & specific weight

continues to decrease

Doubling of wind production

every 5 yearsFive times more solar every 5

years

Sources: Forbes, International Energy Agency, ATAG

Significant technology investment in

automotive

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E-Fan 1.2

Urban Air Mobility

Vahana

CityAirbus

Sustainable Growth Requires Growth of New Technologies

Source ATAG

Hybridisation landscape

Full electric concepts for very short missions

Hybrid concepts will enhance

large and longer range aircraft

UAM: Urban Air Mobility

VTOL: Vertical Take-off & Landing

UAM

VTOL

Single

Aisle

Long

Range

Regional

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An Airbus hybrid-electric

flying demonstrator

Test major technologies

Understand the integration challenges

Learn by flying

Demonstrate technology bricks, not a product

Low cost – single demonstrator, single purpose

Key Challenges and Learning

Thermal Management

High Voltage Electrical

Distribution

Operating Environment

Impacts

Control System

Lithium-Ion Battery

Integration

Operational, Infrastructure

and Regulatory

Impacts

Thank you