United Airlines tab tom npaj kom muaj lub dav hlau hluav taws xob ya los ntawm 2030

United Airlines yog lub hom phiaj kom muaj lub dav hlau hluav taws xob ya hauv cheeb tsam txoj hauv kev los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo caum, ib feem ntawm lub tuam txhab lub hom phiaj kom txo qis nws cov pa roj carbon hneev taw mus rau xoom xoom los ntawm 2050.

Cov roj teeb uas siv lub dav hlau no tau tsim los ntawm Swedish start-up Heart Aerospace, los ntawm United tso ib qho kev txiav txim rau 100 lub dav hlau nyob rau lub Xya hli ntuj 2021. United kuj tau nqis peev ib qho nyiaj uas tsis tau qhia tawm hauv lub tuam txhab los ntawm nws cov peev nyiaj venture caj npab thaum lub sij hawm deal.

United tau thawb hnyav rau hauv ntau yam qis-emissions ntawm aviation, tsis tsuas yog tshaj tawm cov phiaj xwm yuav electric air taxis thiab ntsug aircraft, Raws li zoo raws li hydrogen-electric engines tab sis kuj tau nqis peev hauv cov tuam txhab tom qab cov thev naus laus zis tshiab.

“Peb tsis tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv ua thiab ua haujlwm peb txoj kev lag luam raws li peb ua; Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas peb hloov nws, thiab txoj hauv kev uas peb yuav hloov nws yog los ntawm kev nqis peev hauv thev naus laus zis, "Mike Leskinen, United Airlines Ventures tus thawj tswj hwm, tau hais hauv kev xam phaj ua ib feem ntawm CNBC's. ESG Impact virtual conference rau hnub Thursday.

Leskinen tau hais tias "Tseem siv thev naus laus zis tam sim no yuav ua rau peb ya tsawg dua, uas yog lwm txoj hauv kev tsis tuaj yeem lees txais, lossis txuas ntxiv nrog cov pa roj carbon hneev taw, uas peb ntseeg tias yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg," Leskinen tau hais.

Lub plawv Aerospace, uas tsis ntev los no tau kho dua tshiab dab tsi yuav yog nws thawj lub dav hlau hluav taws xob uas tam sim no hu ua ES-30, npaj kom cov dav hlau nkag mus rau kev pabcuam hauv 2028, hais tias Anders Forslund, lub tuam txhab CEO thiab tus tsim.

Lub dav hlau 30-neeg caij tsheb yuav raug tsav los ntawm lub tshuab hluav taws xob nrog lub roj teeb uas tau txais lub zog, tso cai rau cov dav hlau kom muaj hluav taws xob tag nrho ntawm 200 mais (124 mais). Cov dav hlau tseem yuav suav nrog lub tshuab tshwj xeeb-hybrid uas siv los ntawm cov roj aviation ruaj khov, tso cai rau nws kom muaj kev ncua ntev txog li 400 km nrog lub davhlau tag nrho.

Lub plawv Aerospace, uas kuj tau xaj xaj los ntawm Air Canada, Mesa Air Group thiab Icelandair, tau txais kev nqis peev los ntawm Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures thiab EQT Ventures.

Leskinen tau hais tias cov kev luv luv no yog United qhov kev pom thawj zaug rau kev siv thev naus laus zis li cas, nrog Chicago O'Hare International Tshav Dav Hlau thiab Denver International Tshav Dav Hlau tau raug saib ua lag luam tseem ceeb rau thawj pawg dav hlau.

Nws hais tias "Thaum pib peb xav ya ntawm txoj kev uas yog 200 mais lossis tsawg dua," nws hais. "Tab sis raws li lub zog ntom ntom nti ntxiv, uas tib lub dav hlau yuav muaj ntau yam ntawm 250 mais, uas yuav muab ntau tshaj ntawm peb ntawm no txuas peb lub chaw pab."

Cov dav hlau yuav tuaj yeem rov them rov qab tsawg dua 30 feeb, Forslund tau hais tias, muaj peev xwm rov qhib txoj hauv kev hauv cheeb tsam uas tsis muaj kev pabcuam los ntawm cov dav hlau niaj hnub no.

United tuaj yeem muaj peev xwm muab cov kev luv luv no tsis yog nrog ntau zaus tab sis ntawm tus nqi qis, Leskinen tau hais.

"Raws li peb tau txais cov dav hlau hluav taws xob, kuv xav tias tus nqi rau lub dav hlau 30 lub rooj zaum, 50 lub rooj zaum dav hlau raws li kev lag luam hloov zuj zus mus yuav raug nqi qis dua li ib txwm dav hlau," nws hais. Rau cov nroog me, qhov no txhais tau tias lawv "yuav tau txais kev pabcuam uas lawv tsis muaj ua ntej lossis ntau dua ntawm kev pabcuam," nws hais ntxiv.