With this cutting-edge electric aircraft motor, consumers could eventually see a reduction in how much it costs to fly thanks ...

The skies may soon be cleaner — and quieter — thanks to a bold new electric jet project. Ultralight aircraft company Whisper Aero was recently awarded a $500,000 grant to help fund testing of the ...

A new hybrid electric motor developed through a project named Hypstair has the potential to make a breakthrough in emission-free propulsion in aviation. The motor is being tested on a Pipistrel ...

Having witnessed the advantages of electrification in the automotive world, the aviation industry has quickly jumped on board and started looking into ways of integrating batteries and electric motors ...

Back in the fall of 2020 a small British company called Equipmake presented to the world what it described as humanity's most power-dense permanent magnet electric motor in series production. At the ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHI Corporation (TOKYO: 7013) announces today it and several domestic partners jointly developed the world’s first one-megawatt-class (see note 1) electric motor (note 2) ...

One of the most ambitious projects in the new frontier of electric aviation is the Flying Fuel Cell concept, a hydrogen-electric hybrid system being actively pursued by several European aerospace ...

Under full electric mode, it has a range of 110 nautical miles (127 miles, 200 km) and 650 nautical miles (750 miles, 370 km/h) in hybrid mode. Its wing configuration allows the aircraft to handle ...

Powered by a combination of batteries and internal combustion, hybrid-electric aircraft can cut CO 2 emissions by 50% or more along with offering dramatically lower operating costs. While the low ...

U.S. startup Wright Electric has produced 1 megawatt of shaft power in tests of an electric motor-generator under development to power commercial aircraft. A megawatt-class motor is widely viewed as a ...

The nine-passenger hybrid-electric aircraft being developed by US start-up Electra will be powered by electric propulsion units (EPUs) supplied by UK motor maker Evolito. Electra, based in Virginia, ...