Rolls-Royce, Hyundai join forces on all-electric and hydrogen flight technology
Rolls-Royce and Hyundai join forces on battery-electric and fuel cell electric solutions for both urban and regional "air mobility" markets.
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Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his feet.
Electric planes will be limited to short range flights in near future. Here’s why
Despite big improvements in technology, batteries remain inadequate to the task of electrifying most of passenger aviation.
Hyundai’s world-first flying taxi port opens, charged up by Australian tech
Australia's Tritium makes another splash on global stage, this time at a world-first flying taxi hub.
NASA edges closer to take-off for first electric plane prototype
NASA's X-57 Maxwell all-electric experimental aircraft could hit the skies later this year as ground tests wind up and batteries are installed.
The flying electric taxi that costs as much as an Uber!
Flying taxis are no longer the stuff of science fiction: We join the Vertical Aerospace team for a close look at the VA - 4 EVTOL.
Solar-powered charging points installed for electric “sky jeep”
First solar-powered electric aircraft charging point installed for light aircraft that service remote communities and are known as "sky jeeps".
Aviation H2 opens to investors with promise of first hydrogen-fuelled plane in 18 months
Hydrogen aviation company opens to investors to fund goal of seeing first hydrogen plane in the sky in the next 18 months.
Flying electric car factory slated for Australia space park
Alauda announces it will establish a factory at the new Australia space park in Adelaide, ahead of inaugural Airspeeder Exa Series planned for 2022.
All-electric Sydney to Canberra flights to start in 2022, in Barrier Reef by 2026
All-electric flights from Sydney to Canberra could start from second half of 2022, and over Great Barrier Reef by 2026, under deals struck with eVTOL company Eve.
Jet zero: Rolls-Royce smashes record for world’s fastest all-electric plane
Rolls-Royce's all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft sets what it hopes will be a new speed record, making it the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft.