Filed under: Green,Transportation Alternatives,Commercial Vehicles,Electric Continue reading Prototype electric airplane takes first flightPrototype electric airplane takes first flight original... [full story]
Air Canada has announced plans to buy its first electric airplanes—an order of 30 battery-electric regional aircraft from Heart Aerospace. The airline has also acquired a $5-million equity stake in th... [full story]
Air Canada announced that it invested in Heart Aerospace, an electric airplane startup, and it is ordering 30 units of a new version of its first electric aircraft. more…The post Heart Aerospace unvei... [full story]
Seaplane airline Harbour Air continues to make progress toward making its entire fleet of planes electric by successfully completing its first point-to point test flight in Canada. The eBeaver electri... [full story]
Apple has lost a senior member of its autonomous electric car team to a startup focused on electric aviation. Michael Schwekutsch, who left Tesla to join Apple as senior director of engineering for Sp... [full story]
Spirit of Innovation aircraft recorded a top speed of 387.4mph in test flight over WiltshireRolls-Royce has tested a new all-electric aircraft, which it says could be the fastest plane of its type in ... [full story]
Electric Aviation Flying Your Personal Electric Aircraft Through the Woods at 63 Mph Is How You Enjoy Nature Jetson ONE – Flying Through The Forest EV Boating GM Acquires 25 Percent Stake in Pure Wate... [full story]
Filed under: Green,Rolls-Royce Continue reading Rolls-Royce electric airplane smashes record, hits 387.4 mphRolls-Royce electric airplane smashes record, hits 387.4 mph originally appeared on Au... [full story]
Just two months after its maiden flight, Rolls-Royce’s ’Spirit of Innovation’ has hit a top speed of 387.4 MPH, tentatively smashing the speed record for electric airplanes, Gizmodo has reported. It a... [full story]
Rolls-Royce has announced that its all-electric plane, dubbed the ’Spirit of Innovation,” is the fastest of its kind in the world after it reached a maximum speed of 387.4 mph (623 k/h) in recent flig... [full story]
Over the last few years, a number of companies have sought to develop plans and concepts related to low and zero-emission aviation. [full story]
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The program displayed the Pipistrel Panthera flown in October to demonstrate the prototype hybrid-electric powerplant in a light single-engine airplane. (Joze Kovacic-JUICE/)Under the guidance of Pipi... [full story]
Exaggeration has become the default method for news reporting, and the possibility of commercial electric flight has been no exception, with repeated claims that these new planes will utterly change h... [full story]
This fireside chat recap is from FLYING’s ’What’s Next in General Aviation” Virtual Event on Wednesday.FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: MagniX has made significant developments toward the future that lies in m... [full story]
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Diamond plans to develop an electric, single-engine trainer.DETAILS: FLYING’s Thom Patterson talks with Annemarie Mercedes Heinkenwälder about her company’s plans to develop an... [full story]
Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, is collaborating with ZeroAvia to develop a hydrogen-electric powertrain that will be implemented on a 76 passenger plane. When completed, the ... [full story]
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]