Tag: electric aircraft.
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Joby Aviation released first footage of its revolutionary all-electric VTOL aircraft in flight
Joby Aviation’s pioneering electric aircraft is making air taxi service a reality in 2024. With more than 1,000 test flights completed over the last 10 years, Joby Aviation, the American venture-backed aerospace company and developer of VTOL personal air vehicles designed for air taxi services, intends to use its piloted, four-passenger aircraft to…
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United Airlines invest more than $1 billion in Archer Aviation’s eVTOL combating climate change
United Airlines will invest massively in Archer Aviation, the start-up developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. United Airlines has completed an agreement to work with air mobility company Archer as part of the airline’s broader effort to invest in emerging technologies that decarbonize air travel. Rather than relying on traditional combustion engines, Archer’s…
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This eVTOL pioneer is accelerating The Future of Flight
What if airplanes required no runways? What if airplanes required no airports? What if airplanes required no fuel? Electric flight is here today. The next exciting, inevitable milestone will be its commercialization. Electric aviation is one of the most exciting innovations in the aerospace sector. The VTOL market is rapidly expanding as…
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This two-seater is a game-changing electric aircraft in terms of technological innovations and cost-efficiency
The type certification of the Pipistrel Velis Electro is the first step towards the commercial use of electric aircraft, which is needed to make emission-free aviation feasible. It is considerably quieter than other aeroplanes and produces no combustion gases at all. Pipistrel will deliver the first 31 Velis Electro to customers in…
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VoltAero Cassio 2 – a breakthrough in electric-aircraft design
VoltAero is looking to aviation’s future by unveiling the production configuration for its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft. VoltAero Cassio 2 is taking electric aircraft to an entirely new level. French aviation startup VoltAero unveiled the production-version Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft. VoltAero today revealed the production configuration for its Cassio aircraft, which will revolutionize general…
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Accel: Rolls-Royce is building the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft
The electrification of flight has the potential to revolutionise the way we travel and transform aviation for decades to come. Rolls-Royce’s ambitions to build the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft have taken an important step forward with the unveiling of the plane at Gloucestershire Airport. Work will now begin on integrating the ground-breaking electrical propulsion…