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It turns out, that while certain AC charging situations would be sufficient from a pure time perspective like I talked about in this article (https://skyzero.substack.com/p/h55-usa-tour), that H55 doesn't do AC charging. In fact, neither does Pipistrel, they use the DC GB/T standard. I'd guess that Beta Joby and Archer are in the same boat, though I'm working to confirm that. Aviation seems to be sidelining AC charging - I'd assume this is because of the extra weight they'd have to carry to install an AC/DC transformer and the relevant charging equipment on the aircraft. We may never see aviation touch AC - no J1772, no type 2. Interesting!

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