An Island Community Chose This 30-Seat Electric Aircraft for Future Regional Flights
24 Mar 2023, 03:59 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Heart Aerospace has been making waves with its 100% electric airplanes that are meant to replace conventional airliners someday
Airbus, Renault to Work Together on Solid-State Batteries for Electric Cars and Airplanes
30 Nov 2022, 12:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Airbus and carmaker Renault announced a partnership for the development of new battery tech, including solid-state
The ES-30 Electric Airplane by Heart Aerospace Has a New Design and Two New Shareholders
16 Sep 2022, 13:24 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / Heart Aerospace is well focused on reducing airplane emissions by creating new airplanes with new greener technology making them more affordable
We Are Catching Up With the Jetsons - United Makes Another Air Mobility Move
9 Sep 2022, 07:40 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / United is looking at the future of air mobility through the lens of utilizing air taxis to shuttle commuters in cities throughout the globe
Wright Spirit Is Old Combustion Airplane Turned Electric Flyer, Coming in 2026
5 Nov 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Am American startup by the name Wright plans to take British Aerospace 146 airplanes and turn them into electric flyers.
Ready to Island-Hop Aboard an Electric Airplane? United Airlines Just Bought It
15 Jul 2021, 12:57 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / World's first fully-electric regional aircraft is here, and United Airlines purchased 200 of these innovative 19-seaters.
World’s First Electric Luxury Commuter Plane Alice Aims to Reinvent Air Mobility
14 May 2021, 14:00 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Who said small means unluxurious? Eviation’s first aircraft, the 11-seater Alice, is getting ready to start test flights in 2021 for a 2024 delivery
Bye Aerospace Unveils Eight-Seater eFlyer 800, Might Be Powered by Solar Cells
25 Apr 2021, 10:20 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Bye Aerospace has announced a new eight-seater aircraft, the eFlyer 800. The aircraft might have supplementary power solar cells.
Rolls-Royce Is Building a Fast Electric Aircraft, Kids to Design Pilot's Helmet
21 Apr 2021, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rolls-Royce Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft to try and fly to a speed record by the end of the year, company is on a lookout for helmet design
NASA's Retractable-Propeller Electric Aircraft to Start High-Voltage Testing
1 Mar 2021, 15:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / X-57 Maxwell is the name of NASA's first experimental airplane in two decades, agency trying to see how electric motors could be used on planes
Hybrid and Electric Airplanes Are NASA’s Next Target, Agency Looking for Help
28 Feb 2021, 16:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electrified Aircraft Propulsion is next on NASA's agenda for the advancement of aerial transportation, agency looking for private partners
Here Is NASA’s Electric Airplane Out in the Open
6 Apr 2020, 13:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's experimental X-57 Maxwell electric airplane is currently undergoing testing at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California
Eather One Electric Plane Uses Air Friction to Generate Power
1 Apr 2020, 04:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Industrial designer Michal Bonikowski imagines an electric airplane that would need the smallest battery banks and would be self-sufficient while flying
All-Electric Float Plane Makes First Flight in Canada
13 Dec 2019, 09:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We're nowhere near electric airplanes becoming a thing (probably decades away) but the first steps towards commercially viable EV planes have been made
NASA to Begin Testing Electric-Powered Aircraft with Retractable Propellers
4 Oct 2019, 10:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The X-57 Maxwell uses 60-kilowatt motors that are much lighter than the source plane’s original engines, ground tests coming
Zunum Electric Airplane Will Fly in 2022
23 May 2018, 12:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Zunum strikes a deal to sell 100 electric airplanes to JetSuite, which will have them enter fleet operations sometime in 2022