The founding team at H3X have a compelling origin story. The three friends — Jason Sylvestre, Max Liben, and Eric Maciolek — formed a bond as they participarted in an engineering course regarding electric vehicles.
After their careers led them in separate directions, with each finding work in the tech and auto industries, a Department of Energy grant brought them back together to ponder how they could improve electric motors.
Their first-principles mindset and efforts have borne fruit in the form of a new electric motor that can potentially power large commercial flights.
While the electric vehicle market has exploded in recent years, the transition to electrified aviation has been less eventful. While drone-based flight has been around for a while, even going commercial in many places, larger flights have been constrained by the electric technologies available and the sheer size of commercial aircraft.
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After their careers led them in separate directions, with each finding work in the tech and auto industries, a Department of Energy grant brought them back together to ponder how they could improve electric motors.
Their first-principles mindset and efforts have borne fruit in the form of a new electric motor that can potentially power large commercial flights.
While the electric vehicle market has exploded in recent years, the transition to electrified aviation has been less eventful. While drone-based flight has been around for a while, even going commercial in many places, larger flights have been constrained by the electric technologies available and the sheer size of commercial aircraft.
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And this could also reduce commercial airline emissions.