Electricity & Airplanes — Lowering The Carbon Emissions Of Flight

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 01:12:18 +0000

Electrification of airplanes and the airline business is moving ahead with new vehicles from Mercedes and Airbus.

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Have You Pre-Ordered This $300,000 Flying Car?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:52:46 +0000

SpaceX knows a thing or two about flying, and the company apparently had enough faith in Alef Aeronautics to invest … [continued]

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Kia & Hyundai: Customizable EV Platform for Uber and eVTOL Aircraft | CES 2024

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:39:41 +0000

Kia came to CES 2024 with the goal of making a splash. Rather than just rolling out a new electric … [continued]

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The Wait For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Aircraft Just Got Shorter

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2023 16:35:24 +0000

hydrogen fuel cell electric aircraft zeroaviaThe US firm ZeroAvia is one step closer to bringing its zero emission electric aircraft to market, powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

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Achievement Unlocked: Archer eVTOL Does The Thing

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 16:45:46 +0000

The Archer Air Taxi eVTOL concept took a big step towards reality this week, transitioning from vertical to horizontal flight.Archer Aviation’s Maker eVTOL has successfully completed the first-ever “transition flight,” where the air taxi prototype was able to achieve a full transition from vertical, “rotary wing” flight to horizontal, “wing-borne” cruising. The successful transition to horizontal flight marks a significant milestone in the ongoing development of the Made-in-the-USA Maker air taxi – that’s because, […]

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Archer Partners With Molicel To Supply Battery Cells For Archer Midnight Aircraft

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:30:34 +0000

archer Midnight™ AircraftArcher Aviation has chosen Molicel to provide the battery cells for its new Archer Midnight aircraft. E-One Moli Energy Corp. (Molicel), an industry-leading supplier of lithium-ion battery cells, will manufacture and supply the battery cells for Archer’s production of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. Archer Aviation has been a leader in eVTOL […]

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1st Self-Flying, 4-Seat, All-Electric, Vertical Takeoff & Landing Air Taxi

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:39:38 +0000

California’s Wisk Aero claims that it has developed the first self-flying, fully electric, 4-seat air taxi in the world. This is its 6th generation air taxi and it is reportedly “designed to meet and exceed rigorous commercial safety standards, making it one of the safest systems in aviation,” according to Wisk Aero. But how real […]

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VW China Unveils “Flying Tiger” eVTOL Passenger Drone

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:50:58 +0000

While there has been a lot of hype over the future of electric vertical takeoff and landing craft (eVTOL) for use as air taxis in cities, we haven’t seen much in the way of concepts from automotive manufacturers. They’re already too focused on coming up with electric vehicles and trying to catch Tesla to do […]

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