The electric plane, which targets the record books, was unveiled for the first time at Gloucestershire Airport, in the U.K. last week. Electrical propulsion system: Building the aircraft of the ...

We've heard a lot about electric cars lately, but what about electric airplanes? The air transportation industry is a huge contributor to greenhouse gasses. Could we electrify our air fleet as well?

The fall of zero-emissions electric airplane startup Eviation this month was triggered by a tense internal standoff among shareholders. In mid-January, the company’s deep-pocketed, Singapore ...

Times have changed since then, as this lightweight RC build from [Ravi Butani] demonstrates. The body of the plane is lightweight foam, and can be assembled in two ways. There’s a relatively ...

The next step, according to Ornstein? Electric planes, and he's not alone. Mesa joined United Airlines in what amounts to a memorandum of understanding for up to 200 electric vertical takeoff and ...