{"id":22292,"date":"2022-05-30T13:44:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T13:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22292"},"modified":"2022-05-30T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T13:44:05","slug":"green-taxi-announces-continued-development-of-electric-taxi-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/texas\/green-taxi-announces-continued-development-of-electric-taxi-system\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Green Taxi Announces Continued Development of Electric Taxi System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Green Taxi System (GTS) is a concept that was developed by L3 Technologies and Honeywell together with Safran, in the latter part of the last decade. The design involved installing electric motors in the aircraft\u2019s landing gear wheels. A new endeavor, Dallas TX-based Green Taxi Inc. was able to acquire the IP from L3 and Honeywell, along with an OEM patent for the technology and hired key team members who had been involved in the project. Green Taxi, Inc.<\/a> (GTI) announced today that it is continuing the original development which uses the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) generator to power motor(s) on the landing gear driving the wheels and enabling the aircraft to taxi without starting its main engines. The power electronics and system controller provide precise control to the pilots over speed and braking during taxi operations. Aircraft equipped with the GTI system will eliminate the need for pushback tractors or tugs, reducing gate and tarmac congestion and improving airline on-time performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGreen Taxi-equipped jetliners will save significant costs\non reduced ground time apart from the fuel savings\u201d says Green Taxi President\nand Founder David Valaer \u201cand other benefits include extended engine life,\nenhanced ground crew safety, and reduced noise at the airport\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aviation industry has shown significant interest in\nElectric Taxiing Systems (ETS) in recent years. Big influences include the\ncurrent rapidly rising cost of jet fuel, the Clean Aviation movement and\nsubstantial carbon brake savings offered by these systems. In the US, taxi time\nranges from 15 to 30 minutes, accounting for a significant 5-12% of the plane\u2019s\nfuel consumption, depending on aircraft type and flight duration. GTI\n(https:\/\/greentaxi.solutions) is working on this ETS directed towards newer\nshort and medium haul aircraft models, that will eliminate the use of the\naircraft\u2019s jet engines or towing tractors. The system is retrofittable to\nlegacy aircraft as well as newer aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJet engines have 16-38 times the CO output at idle than at\ntake-off thrust and the GTI system reduces these taxi emissions by 85%\u201d\ncontinued David Valaer. \u201cThe GTI system will be well received by airlines and\npassengers in these CO sensitive times. The GTI system provides at least a 70%\nreturn on investment in total operator savings. The ETS is a great incremental\napproach and can be deployed much more quickly than an all-electric aircraft but\nwith many of the same environmental benefits\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several major airlines are pursing in depth discussions with\nGTI to bring this technology to their fleets to benefit from the economic,\noperational and environmental viability of the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Green Taxi System (GTS) is a concept that was developed by L3 Technologies and Honeywell together with Safran, in the latter part of the last decade. The design involved installing electric motors in the aircraft\u2019s landing gear wheels. A new endeavor, Dallas TX-based Green Taxi Inc. was able to acquire the IP from L3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-texas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22293,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292\/revisions\/22293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}