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Low carbon flight? Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Siemens partner on electric plane project

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The engineering giants want to develop a hybrid electric commercial plane ready for a test flight in 2020

The race to get the first commercial low emission planes in the skies intensified this week after engineering giants Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens launched a new partnership to develop a hybrid electric...

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