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Video: World’s first electric plane takes off in France
Making barely more noise than a domestic hairdryer, the world’s first ever airplane completely powered by electricity took to the skies for its maiden flight at an airport near Bordeaux in southwestern France Friday.

Called the E-Fan, the small experimental aircraft designed by Toulouse-based Airbus measures little more than 6 metres from nose to tail, but could prove to be a key step towards greener, quieter and cheaper air travel.

Powered by 120 lithium-ion polymer batteries, the plane’s first official flight lasted less than 10 minutes, though the plane has the capability to fly for around an hour before recharging.

Watching the flight, France’s Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg heralded the E-Fan as a “new frontier of technological and ecological innovation” that would “change the world of aeronautics”.

With a top speed of only 220kmh and space for just a pilot and one passenger, the E-Fan is unlikely to be replacing traditional commercial aircraft just yet, however.

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But engineers hope that as the as the technology develops, ever larger aircraft can be powered either entirely with electricity or using a hybrid system.