---
title: "Planes go hybrid-electric in important step to greener flight"
description: "The first ever hybrid aircraft to be able to recharge its batteries took off yesterday — potentially signaling the beginning of a new form of low-carbon, green flight."
date: "2014-12-24"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/planes-go-hybrid-electric-in-important-step-to-greener-flight"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
tags:
  - "transport"
---

# Planes go hybrid-electric in important step to greener flight

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- The technology is still far from able to be put on commercial airliners, but the move is an important step, researchers said.
- Hybrid engines — which are gaining popularity in cars — combine a battery and a petrol engine. Doing so uses 30 per cent less fuel than a plane with a petrol-only eng
- Cambridge University researchers teamed up with Boeing to make the plane.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)