Electric Flight

Regional airline Rex plans to go electric with aircraft conversion

Regional airline Rex plans to go electric with aircraft conversion

Regional airline Rex announces plans to retrofit its fleet with electric propulsion, cutting costs, emissions and noise.
Rolls-Royce, Hyundai join forces on all-electric and hydrogen flight technology

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.
Electric planes will be limited to short range flights in near future. Here’s why

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

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 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!

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”

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

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.