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chiitoday at 12:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

apparently, 40MWh of capacity is enough to travel 40 nautical miles. The distance between Tasmania and South America is around 6,500–7,500 nautical miles.


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ameliustoday at 1:20 PM

For comparison, a wide body airliner needs ~0.15MWh to travel 1 nautical mile.

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rcxdudetoday at 2:23 PM

I would be extremely surprised if the ship were designed to use 100% of its capacity in one way of its intended route.