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“My taxi to the airport is more expensive than this ticket price!”

“How much does electricity cost per kilowatt-hour?”

“Could it be…”

The passengers whose eyelids were twitching began to stir and whisper.

Many people were just realizing that they were not on a traditional commercial airliner burning aviation fuel.

But an electric aircraft with epoch-making significance!

Electric, of course, means it consumes electricity.

Just like domestic pure electric new energy vehicles, it consumes about 0.1 to 0.22 kilowatt-hours per kilometer, averaging only 10 cents per kilometer.

This is also why the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is so high now.

Powerful functions and high configurations are secondary; the main reason is that it saves money to drive.

As for slanderous rumors such as 'batteries are prone to failure, insurance premiums are more expensive, and repairs cost more money,' those are all pseudo-conclusions from foreign car brands that spend money hiring internet trolls to be sarcastic online all day long.

Manufacturers like BYD have long invested in electric taxis on a large scale in places like Shenzhen for experiments, and there are many that have run millions of kilometers without replacing the battery.

Reliability and economy have long been verified by the market.

This is why ordinary people basically think of buying electric cars when they want to buy a car now.

And the current Flying Cube is also driven by pure electricity.

What level should its 'electricity consumption economy' reach?

This concerns the subsequent ticket pricing issue, and no passenger is unconcerned!

After taking such a comfortable Flying Cube, who can go back to traditional airliners?

So, as soon as Chen Jue finished asking the question, someone raised their hand and shouted, "Electricity costs about 60 cents per kilowatt-hour!"

As soon as this was said, those foreign friends who spent money to buy places and understood Chinese were dumbfounded.

“What???”

“Is electricity in China so cheap?”

“Electricity in our country costs 1 euro per kilowatt-hour!”

“No wonder China's technological development is so fast; electricity is too cheap!” The international friends discussed, and many showed a bit of envy.

As a major energy consumer, the power system affects a country's economic operation.

The electricity prices in Europe and the United States can reach a peak of 8 euros per kilowatt-hour during the most expensive periods.

Moreover, it is mainly powered by thermal power generation, which environmentalists are constantly denouncing.

With this energy cost, how can it compete with China's cheap and clean energy?

Of course, after hearing the passengers' answers, Chen Jue continued to explain with the microphone: "The standard passenger capacity of high-speed trains in our country is 1347 people per train, and the electricity consumption per kilometer of high-speed trains is 21.4 kilowatt-hours. The rated passenger capacity of the Flying Cube is only 200 people, but it uses a more environmentally friendly and more advanced electronic injection engine."

“So our electricity consumption is lower; it only takes about 15 kilowatt-hours to fly 1 kilometer!”

As soon as this trump card was revealed, the entire venue boiled over!

Including netizens in the live broadcast room who were also frantically calling, all kinds of 666 filled the screen.

“15 kilowatt-hours of electricity consumption per kilometer, the electricity cost is less than 10 yuan?”

“How low must the ticket price be set!”

“I can't imagine! I really can't imagine!”

“In short, Magic Cube Group is awesome!”

Under this ultra-low power consumption, everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized.

It should be known that the fuel consumption of traditional airliners is about 0.2 to 0.5 liters per kilometer, and they burn expensive aviation fuel.

Divided among each passenger, the cost can basically reach a few cents per kilometer.

Ordinary people will be charged an extra 'fuel surcharge' when buying air tickets, which is to offset the airline's fuel costs.

Now that the Flying Cube has appeared, people no longer need to burn oil when taking a plane; they directly switch to consuming electricity.

Moreover, the electricity cost is less than 15 kilowatt-hours per kilometer, which is more than 10 times cheaper than traditional airliners!

More importantly, the Flying Cube can achieve vertical take-off and landing.

It does not require high-standard airport runways; it can take off and land by finding a suitable open space, which can save a lot of construction costs for airport terminals.

So when Chen Jue announced the internal pricing of Auspicious Airlines on the holographic screen behind him in the form of a projection.

All the viewers watching the live broadcast were completely blown away!

“Damn! It only costs 200 yuan to fly from Hangzhou to Mist City???”

“My taxi to the airport is more expensive than this!”

“Damn it, with this price, taking a plane in the future… No, is taking the Flying Cube as cheap as taking a bus?”

“And all kinds of surcharges have been removed; Auspicious Airlines is about to take off!”

“Epoch-making, it really is an epoch-making aircraft!”

“We are witnessing history! Brothers! (Dog head)”

Netizens who like to travel, who often travel on business, and who live apart from their families are now beginning to imagine the convenience of this Flying Cube after it is put on the market in the future.

No longer need to rush to the airport 2 hours in advance to catch a plane like before.

And no longer have to worry about flight delays, delaying their schedule.

After developing vertical take-off and landing technology and vectored electric injection engines, the Flying Cube can even cruise at low altitudes of several hundred meters!

With such dimensionality reduction strikes, how should traditional airliners respond?

The most terrifying thing is that Chen Jue announced that the manufacturing and assembly time of a Flying Cube can now be shortened to within 10 hours.

After the Super Cube factory completes its upgrade and transformation, coupled with the new production line, this assembly time can be compressed by half. Basically, 3 to 4 Flying Cubes can be produced per day.

After learning this news, those who are concerned about the production capacity of the Flying Cube all felt a thump in their hearts.

So, before this sensational national press conference ended, the presidents and heads of several major domestic airlines quickly left the venue.

Some even ran all the way in the air show venue, disregarding their image, for this major news!

Because they want to rush to do ideological work internally and clear all obstacles before the news of this Flying Cube spreads.

In addition, they have to find ways to raise funds and rush to find the Magic Cube Group to place orders.

The earlier the order is placed, the earlier the payment is made, and the sooner the Flying Cube can be obtained.

This is competition in the business field, just like paying to buy a place in line.

As for those garbage Boeing and Airbus planes, it's good if they can still run normally now.

But once this epoch-making aircraft becomes popular, those old antiques that still retain wings should be swept into the dustbin of history.

“No wonder Auspicious Airlines is selling off its planes.”

“If you don’t rush to find a next home now, after a while, it won’t be a half-price discount on old planes, but a TM bone-breaking discount!”

“3 to 4 units can be offline in one day, and the entire Chinese aviation pattern will change in less than half a year!”

… …

At the same time, in the CEO's office of Boeing Company in the United States, across the ocean.

Kelly is racking his brains for Boeing's third and fourth quarter financial reports.

Because in the past two years, Boeing's commercial airliner quality accidents have occurred frequently.

While flying, either the landing gear cannot be opened, or the cabin door falls off.

Various vicious crash incidents have emerged one after another, causing Boeing's stock price to fall again and again.

Even the quality inspection employees within Boeing themselves can't stand it anymore, and various whistleblowers have taken the initiative to stand up and reveal to the market that Boeing's planes have quality problems.

Although money has been spent to make those Boeing whistleblowers disappear from a physical sense.

However, the capital market's confidence in Boeing is insufficient, so that the stock price has fallen to today's historical low of $150 per share.

“It seems that I, the CEO, won’t be able to last too long!”

“If the quality problem is not resolved, customers across the ocean will have less interest in our planes.” Kelly complained about the group of managers from McDonnell Douglas.

If it weren't for this group of bastards bringing in the garbage bloodline of McDonnell Douglas aircraft, Boeing would not have been messed up like it is now.

But before Kelly could finish his work this morning, a market department executive rushed into the CEO's office door with an iPad in a hurry.

“Boss!”

“It's not good!”

“Our planes are in trouble!”