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  • Qantas towed a plane with a Tesla

    Qantas towed a plane with a Tesla

    Never has a passenger airliner been hitched to an electric passenger vehicle for towing. Well at least until today. On a remote taxiway at Melbourne Airport, a Tesla Model X P100D with the greatest pulling power of any electric passenger vehicle came face to face against the newest star of the Qantas fleet, a Boeing…

  • Tesla vs Qantas – Behind the scenes

    Tesla vs Qantas – Behind the scenes

    Car vs Plane – fasten your seat belts (batteries are included) The three kilometre runway at Avalon Airport – southwest of Melbourne, Australia – was the setting for a unique test of innovation, skill and power. It was a duel that pitted two examples of engineering achievement against one another. A Qantas Boeing 737-800 aircraft…

  • Qantas vs Tesla

    Qantas vs Tesla

    Car vs Plane – fasten your seat belts (batteries are included) The three kilometre runway at Avalon Airport – southwest of Melbourne, Australia – was the setting for a unique test of innovation, skill and power. It was a duel that pitted two examples of engineering achievement against one another. A Qantas Boeing 737-800 aircraft…