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Category: Electric Planes

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  • Electric Planes

Chinese ‘flying car’ makes first public flight in Dubai

 A “flying car” built by Chinese electronic vehicle maker Xpeng Inc (9868.HK) made its first public flight in the United Arab Emirates, as the company works towards launching the electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Delta to Invest in Flying-Taxi Maker to Offer Rides to Airports

Delta is betting on flying-taxi rides to and from airports, announcing a $60 million investment in Joby Aviation Inc. JOBY -1.53%▼ and plans to offer service in New York and Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Oct 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Eviation’s electric commuter plane Alice makes first test flight

The first fully electric commuter plane Alice from Eviation Aircraft ( earlier post ) successfully completed its maiden flight at Moses Lake, Washington. Alice lifted off on 27 Sep at Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Electric planes could be in the skies by 2028. But big hurdles remain.

For years, scientists have clamored for quiet, climate-friendly airplanes that rely on batteries instead of jet fuel. Now, they’re closer to putting them into the skies. A handful of airlines, Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Sep 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Electric Planes

Volkswagen Group China unveils its first eVTOL passenger drone prototype: V.MO

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Jul 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation
  • Electric Planes

Amazon to begin drone deliveries in Lockeford, California this year

Image caption, Amazon’s latest delivery drone, the MK27-2 Amazon says it will begin delivering parcels to shoppers by drone for the first time later this year, pending final regulatory approval. Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jun 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

The Biggest Problem With Flying Cars Is on the Ground

The companies developing electric vertical takeoff-and-landing vehicles all promise that their aircraft will drastically slash travel times by flying above traffic. But to fulfill that promise, their take-off and landing Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 May 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes
  • USA

Amazon, Alphabet and Others Are Quietly Rolling Out Drone Delivery Across America

Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Apr 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

How Close Is An All-Electric Passenger Aircraft?

With the world pivoting towards net-zero emissions, the aviation industry is being forced to adapt. New startups and industry giants alike are racing to create all-electric aircrafts. While aerospace companies Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Feb 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Wisk Aero secures $450M from Boeing to advance certified autonomous electric flight

Wisk, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the US, has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2022 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Electric Cargo Planes: The Next Stage Of Amazon’s Delivery Transformation

Experts are predicting that air taxis could be closer to becoming a reality as battery tech and autonomous flight becomes more advanced. Electric aircraft startups are already making major waves Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

ZeroAvia raises $35M more to accelerate development of 2-5MW hydrogen powertrain; United invests

As it moves closer to commercialization of its hydrogen-electric technology, ZeroAvia ( earlier post ) has secured a new raise of $35 million to help develop its 2-5MW zero-emission powertrain Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Dec 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

S.Korea tests system for controlling air taxis

South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles (UAM) on Thursday, which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Hyundai Motor Group launches new company to advance urban air mobility: Supernal

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) is launching a new company called Supernal, LLC to take its future mobility vision forward. An evolution of HMG’s Urban Air Mobility Division, Supernal is developing Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Nov 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Can Rolls Royce Spark An Electric Plane Revolution?

Rolls Royce made headlines in September when it successfully flew its electric plane for the first time, stating that it hopes to reach 300 mph soon Despite the success of Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Electric Helicopters Make Inroads With Oil-Worker Transport Firm

Bristow Group Inc. , one of the biggest aircraft companies that ferries oil workers to offshore platforms, is considering the purchase of as many as 50 electric-powered helicopters. The Houston-based Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Airbus reveals the next generation of electric CityAirbus UAM solution; first flight in 2023

Airbus announced plans for a new CityAirbus at the company’s first Airbus Summit on “Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace” as the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market begins to firm up. CityAirbuNextGen Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

DHL to Add Electric Planes to Fleet in Pursuit of Zero Emissions –

The race toward zero-emission logistics chains is expanding from the road to the skies. DHL Express, the air cargo subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, has ordered 12 all-electric aircraft to complement Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Aug 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Rolls-Royce generator delivered for megawatt-level hybrid-electric propulsion system for aerospace

The generator that will be at the heart of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace has arrived for installation at Rolls-Royces’s specialist testbed. PGSy1 The Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Surf Air Mobility orders up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravans for fitting with series-hybrid powertrains

Surf Air Mobility Inc., has signed a purchase agreement with Textron Aviation for up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX single-engine turboprop aircraft, with an initial fleet order of 100 Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

United Air, Mesa Agree to Buy Up to 200 Small Electric Planes

United Airlines Holdings Inc. and regional carrier Mesa Air Group Inc. each agreed to buy as many as 100 small electric-powered planes from a Swedish startup — if the aspiring Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jul 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Rolls-Royce investing $110M over next decade to develop energy storage for aircraft

Rolls-Royce is entering new aviation markets to pioneer sustainable power and as part of that mission will be developing energy storage systems (ESS) that will enable aircraft to undertake zero Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

American Airlines Invests in Electric Flying Taxis

American Airlines Group Inc. AAL -1.64% is the latest carrier to get in on the flying taxi trend as airlines, aerospace manufacturers and tech companies vie to get the new aircraft off the ground. The airline Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Jun 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Rolls-Royce’s all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ completes taxi testing

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the taxiing of its ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft, the latest milestone on its way to becoming the world’s fastest all-electric plane. ( Earlier post .) The Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Mar 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Flying Taxis To Hit The Skies In 2024

Remember the grubby flying taxi Bruce Willis drove in “The Fifth Element”? That was a very 90s view of the future. In reality, we may soon be taking up to Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

GM Presents Cadillac Flying Car For Rich People

General Motors stole the show on Tuesday after unveiling the Cadillac Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle and electric shuttle concepts in a virtual presentation at the CES expo, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Look, up in the sky – it’s a flying Cadillac! GM unveils futuristic vehicle

General Motors Co on Tuesday presented a futuristic flying Cadillac – a self-driving vehicle which takes off and lands vertically and carries the passenger above the streets and through the Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Airbus exploring hydrogen fuel cell propellor “pods” for aircraft propulsion

Airbus is conducting studies to determine how scalable a hydrogen fuel cell “pod” configuration, among others, could be to large commercial aircraft. The aviation industry has developed numerous configurations—twinjet, s-duct, Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Funds Back Hydrogen-Powered Plane Startup ZeroAvia – Bloomberg

The hydrogen-powered aviation startup ZeroAvia Inc. has raised $37.7 million from the U.K. government and a group of investors that includes funds founded by Bill Gates and Amazon.com Inc. ZeroAvia said it Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes
  • Hydrogen

British Airways Teams Up With Hydrogen Flight Startup ZeroAvia

Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here . British Airways will work with hydrogen plane startup ZeroAvia to speed the Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Airbus (AIR:FP) Bets on Hydrogen to Deliver Zero-Emission Planes

There are plenty of obstacles standing in the way of developing the first zero-emission, hydrogen-powered plane. It’s tricky to safely store and use the highly combustible fuel. There aren’t any Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Meet George Jetson? Orlando Unveils Plans for First Flying-Car Hub in U.S.

The “vertiport” is scheduled to be completed in 2025 in Orlando, which granted more than $800,000 in potential tax rebates to Lilium, a German aviation company that plans to build Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Wright selected for ARPA-E electric aircraft program

Wright Electric announced that the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected Wright for a contract to support the development of innovative, lightweight, and ultra-efficient electric Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Rolls-Royce completes ground-testing of technology set to power the world’s fastest all-electric plane: ACCEL

Rolls-Royce has completed testing of the technology that will power the world’s fastest all-electric plane. All the technology has been tested on a full-scale replica of the plane’s core—called an Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes
  • Hydrogen

Airbus Unveils Hydrogen Designs for Zero-Emission Flight

European planemaker Airbus SE unveiled three designs it’s studying to build hydrogen-powered aircraft as it races to bring a zero-carbon passenger plane into service by 2035. The approaches include a turbofan jet Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

GM Considers Expanding Into Electric-Flying Air-Taxis

Like an elderly man wobbling into a party and trying to fit in with young kids by using “hip new lingo”, General Motors – days after seeing its partnership with Continue Reading

Posted On : 18 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Amazon wins FAA approval to deliver packages by drone

 Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it had granted Amazon approval to deliver packages by drones. Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Elon Musk Hints At Electric Jet Battery

It has been the bane of the electric vehicle revolution’s hopes—insufficient battery life. But now, Elon Musk has hinted that he might just have a solution to the thing that Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Successful first flight of the world’s largest all-electric aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan 208B

magniX, a company developing electric propulsion systems for aircraft, and AeroTEC, a leading independent company focused on aerospace testing, engineering and certification, announced the successful flight of an all-electric Cessna Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Airbus and RollsRoyce end E-Fan X hybrid-electric aircraft initiative

Airbus and Rolls Royce jointly have decided to end the E-Fan X demonstrator program. ( Earlier post .) Launched in 2017, the E-Fan X project sought to develop a near-term Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 May 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

NASA releases concept images of all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane in final Mod IV configuration

NASA has released a series of concept images of the all-electric X-57 Maxwell airplane ( earlier post ), showcasing aspects of its final Mod IV configuration during different flight modes. Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Mar 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Wright Electric begins motor development program for 186-seat electric aircraft; 1.5MW motor, 3 kV inverter

Wright Electric announced the start of its electric propulsion development program for its flagship 186-seat electric aircraft, named Wright 1. In order to achieve the commercial flight capability of the Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

The Secret Behind Rolls Royce’s E-Plane

When Rolls Royce in December unveiled its new electric plane, it said it would be the fastest electric aircraft , capable of achieving a top speed of 300 mph. It Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Jan 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

ARPA-E to award up to $55M in two programs to support electric aviation

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $55 million in funding for two programs to support the development of low-cost electric aviation engine Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Dec 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Porsche and Boeing to partner on premium urban air mobility market; electric VTOL concept

Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. With this partnership, both companies will Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Oct 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Harbour Air and magniX partner to build world’s first all-electric airline; seaplanes to ePlanes

Electric aviation technology company magniX and Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline, announced a partnership to transform Harbour Air seaplanes into an all-electric commercial fleet powered by the magni500, Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Mar 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Bye Aerospace’s Sun Flyer 2 completes first flight with Siemens electric propulsion motor

Bye Aerospace’s electric Sun Flyer 2 successfully completed the first official flight test with a Siemens electric propulsion motor 8 February at Centennial Airport, south of Denver, Colo. The Sun Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Boeing’s flying car lifts off in race to revolutionize urban travel

Boeing Co said its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight on Wednesday, a small but significant step as the world’s largest planemaker bids Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jan 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

Rolls-Royce Aims For Electric Aircraft Speed Record

Last week Rolls-Royce revealed plans to build a 300-mile-per-hour, 500-horsepower, all-electric aircraft capable of flying from London to Paris on a single charge. The Accel relies on the most energy-dense Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Jan 2019 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Planes

All-electric helicopter makes record flight

Guinness record-setting electric helicopter by Tier 1 Engineering Electric transportation is about more than cars. Trucks and buses are also moving toward electric propulsion. Planes, with their long ranges and Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple

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