Filed under: Honda,Transportation Alternatives,Emerging Technologies,Space Continue reading Honda is working on small rockets, electric aircraft and robots for the MoonHonda is working on small ... [full story]
Rolls-Royce’s all-electric Spirit of Innovation recently took to the skies for the first time. The company hopes to use the sleek and stylish e-plane to set a new world speed record of over 300 mph la... [full story]
Filed under: Green,Rolls-Royce Continue reading Rolls-Royce’s all-electric aircraft completes 15-minute maiden voyageRolls-Royce’s all-electric aircraft completes 15-minute maiden voyage origina... [full story]
Rolls-Royce’s fully electric aircraft the Spirit of Innovation completed its maiden flight in the UK on Wednesday. The airplane flew for 15 minutes at the Ministry of Defense Boscombe Down aircraft te... [full story]
Rolls-Royce, best known in aviation for its jet engines, has taken an all-electric airplane on its maiden voyage. The ’Spirit of Innovation’ completed a 15 minute flight, marking ’the beginning of an ... [full story]
Sponsored by HBKIn recent years there has been an increased interest in electric and more electric aircraft, including both novel all-electric aircraft, drones, rigid air ships and traditional aircraf... [full story]
eHang just got its operational permit for its eHang 216 in Norway and Spain. The Chinese aviation startup hopes to develop its presence in Europe and create future flight routes. more…The post eHang e... [full story]
Wright Electric, a partner of European airline easyJet, recently unveiled design concepts for the Wright 1, a 186-seat electric aircraft. Wright is building a 1.5 MW electric motor and 3 kV inverter. ... [full story]
Dozens 0f electric general aviation projects are underway around the world, not counting the urban air taxis that dominate the electric propulsion R&D scene. The first all-electric commercial aircraft... [full story]
Electric planes could revolutionize flight, from commuting in air taxis to making regional flights more affordable and long-haul flights more environmentally friendly. So in the era of electric cars, ... [full story]
British engineering company Rolls-Royce gave a first look at a one-seater electric aircraft on Thursday it hopes will fly in late Spring next year and become the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft.... [full story]
A rugged, old seaplane — transformed with a new electric motor — successfully took flight over British Columbia on Tuesday. Harbour Air Seaplanes, which flies people around coastal British Columbia, b... [full story]
An aircraft designed in 1946 might become the first commercial electric plane, following a short but successful test flight. Vancouver-based Harbour Air’s took its ’eBeaver’ on a ten-minute hop on the... [full story]
When General Motors briefly first wowed the world with its EV-1 electric car, back in 1990, it relied on lead-acid batteries that packed a piddling 30 to 40 watt-hours per kilogram. The project eventu... [full story]
Lilium Aviation has released new footage of its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and announced that it is preparing to move to production at a new facility. more…Subscribe to Electrek on... [full story]
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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, the agency’s first all-electric X-plane and first crewed X-plane in two decades, is delivered to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. (NASA/)On October ... [full story]
Kitty Hawk, the electric flight startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, unveiled its third aircraft on Thursday. Heaviside, which is abbreviated to HVSD, is roughly 100 times quieter than a ... [full story]
Filed under: Green,Transportation Alternatives,Technology German startup Volocopter said Singapore is emerging as one of the most likely destinations for the commercial launch of its electric he... [full story]
German startup Volocopter said Singapore is emerging as one of the most likely destinations for the commercial launch of its electric helicopters, where it hopes to offer short-hop flights for the pri... [full story]
Air taxi operator Quantum Air has purchased 26 electric planes from Bye Aerospace, including 22 all-electric four-seat eFlyer 4s and 2 two-seat eFlyer 2s. Bye Aerospace will also deliver two future ai... [full story]
An electric plane has crash-landed into a lake in Norway earlier this week in another blow to the current effort to electrify flight. more…Subscribe to Electrek on YouTube for exclusive videos and sub... [full story]
Electroactive bacteria were running current through ’wires” long before humans learned the trick. [full story]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk started discussing the potential for electric airplanes, which he thinks could be viable in about 5 years.Could a Tesla airplane be in Musk’s plans? more…Subscribe to Electrek on Y... [full story]
Siemens is set to sell its eAircraft unit to Rolls-Royce – the companies expect the move to take place in late 2019.Siemens eAircraft develops electric and hybrid-electric propulsion systems for the a... [full story]
André Borschberg, one of two men to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane, launched a new company called H55. [full story]
An all-electric commuter plane and a small Airbus-backed hybrid are among aircraft programs being touted at the Paris Airshow, as the industry tries to convince a skeptical public it can deliver on a... [full story]
The 500-horsepower electric propeller-driven plane will also try and beat Rolls’ own speed record set in the 1930s. [full story]
BlackBird, an on-demand flight service that’s been called ’Uber for planes,” is partnering with Bye Aerospace to add more than 100 electric airplanes to its platform. The companies say that the partne... [full story]
Norway’s OSM Aviation, a firm that specializes in recruitment and training for the aviation industry, has ordered 60 all-electric planes from Colorado-based electric aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospac... [full story]