In their press conference from July 8, the NTSB suggested initial evidence from the crash showed the plane had electrical ...

Tired of electric vehicle fantasies that never leave the drawing board? Meet the VoltAero Cassio 330. It’s an electric-hybrid plane with a secret weapon: a Kawasaki motorcycle engine. It's a ...

The electric plane engine, up to 70% cheaper to operate, is one of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas honorees for 2020. Last December, a small seaplane soared over Vancouver, marking the world ...

Not quite in the realm of a super-powered electric unit like the Siemens 260 kW (340 hp) monster, perhaps, but a handy addition to the lowly-powered engines of many light planes nonetheless.

The company has now been granted a total of 45 patents related to hydrogen and electric aviation systems, with almost 250 ...

In a new first for electric flight, researchers at MIT have succeeded in achieving heavier-than-air powered flight using an engine with no moving parts.. The experimental aircraft is paving the ...

The plane will be retrofitted with a hydrogen-electric propulsion system. Alaska says the project is part of one of the airline’s big goals. “Being carbon net zero by 2040.

NASA researchers took a rather unique prototype aircraft for a spin last week: Greased Lightning, a 10-engine electric plane with rotating wings that allow it to take off and land like a helicopter.

But only as long as the plane’s main engine is running, to ensure the electric motor’s backup battery remains fully charged. [ Universidad Carlos III de Madrid via Gizmag ] airplanes Engines ...

For EASA, the type certification of this aircraft marks a significant dual milestone: on May 18, 2020 we Type Certified its engine as the first electric engine – now we have followed up with the ...

The FAA is investigating a fire incident involving a Delta aircraft with two General Electric CF6 engines. The video shows ...

In each of these cases, electric power has been viewed as a small-to-medium plane solution, not something for commercial aircraft. In fact, in late 2019, the first commercial electric flight occurred.