# Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming | Wendover Productions Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/why-electric-planes-are-inevitably-coming-wendover-productions Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/why-electric-planes-are-inevitably-coming-wendover-productions.md Podcast: [Wendover Productions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431) Published: 2026-07-15T20:39:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN5496455491.mp3?updated=1778675627 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN5496455491.mp3?updated=1778675627 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wendover-productions-7264431/episodes/why-electric-planes-are-inevitably-coming-wendover-productions Duration seconds: 1392 ## Resource Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming Sign up for the CuriosityStream/Nebula bundle deal at its lowest ever price of $0.98 a month during the Father's Day Sale: http://CuriosityStream.com/Wendover Watch the companion video to this on Nebula: https://nebula.app/videos/wendover-productions-the-companies-that-are-making-electric-aircraft-a-realityBuy your custom domain or email for 10% off at http://Hover.com/wendoverListen to Extremities at http://ExtremitiesPodcast.comBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby Research by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterSelect footage courtesy the AP ArchiveReferences [1] https://www.airport-technology.com/features/france-bans-short-haul-flight-industry-reacts/ [2] https://www.airnav.com/fuel/local.html; https://www.iata.org/en/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/ [3] https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOT-OST-1997-2784-0200 [4] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eviation-announces-first-commercial-customer-cape-air-for-its-all-electric-airplane-alice-300870249.html Wendover Productions is all about explaining how our world works. From travel, to economics, to geography, to marketing and more, every video will leave you with a… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wendover-productions-7264431/episodes/why-electric-planes-are-inevitably-coming-wendover-productions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/why-electric-planes-are-inevitably-coming-wendover-productions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.