> You also still have a lot of mechanical components just the same as combustion engines.
This certainly wasn't true for cars, a fully electric vehicle is simpler, resulting in an immediately noticeable reduction in maintenance overhead - are you sure it will be different for aeroplanes?
Keep in mind that the combustion engine of a propeller aeroplane will have an entire electrical system as part of the combustion engine because it turns out even most private pilots are not inclined to get out and start the propeller by hand ever time.
This certainly wasn't true for cars, a fully electric vehicle is simpler, resulting in an immediately noticeable reduction in maintenance overhead - are you sure it will be different for aeroplanes?
Keep in mind that the combustion engine of a propeller aeroplane will have an entire electrical system as part of the combustion engine because it turns out even most private pilots are not inclined to get out and start the propeller by hand ever time.