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about ion thruster electricity usage I think I was wrong I didn't read whole of comment but about this plane they are using jet engine because of exhaust shape .What the MIT researchers discovered about ionic wind
In a paper published in the Proceeding of the Royal Society, MIT researchers report that ion thrusters are actually far more efficient as a source of propulsion than conventional jet engines. Speaking numbers, they found that ionic wind produces 110 newtons of thrust per kilowatt, as compared to a jet engine’s 2 newtons per kilowatt.