A Swedish firm plans to test the largest all-electric aircraft in 2025, aiming to cut emissions, costs, and boost regional ...

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is gearing up for the first experimental flight of the X1 early next year, an electric ...

Electra has unveiled the final design of its nine-passenger hybrid-electric STOL at its headquarters in Virginia and will ...

With renewable energy on the rise, could electric planes take to the skies? Discover the science behind flight, the battery weight conundrum, and the surprising promise of short-range aircraft. The ...

Author: Dr James Jeffs, Principal Technology Analyst at IDTechEx It is no secret that the weight of batteries makes building ...

German startup Vaeridion is pursuing a simpler, potentially cheaper, route to electric flight than cash-hungry eVTOLs.

Called the e-Genius and built by engineers at the University of Stuttgart, the most remarkable thing about this all-electric airplane is the cost of flying it. During a 62-mile stretch of its ...

Furthermore, electric planes cost far less to fly, since electricity costs only one-fortieth as much as jet fuel. But maybe the most impressive advantage of electric planes is that not all of them ...

marketed as a trainer plane for flight students and recreational flyers, features a 34’6″ wingspan and low running costs. The two-person flyer is equipped with a 60 kW electric motor ...