Imagine stepping out of your office and onto the street. Your taxi has arrived, ordered a few minutes earlier through an app on your smartphone. Your taxi is all electric…
Continue readingThe topic of (so-called) flying cars and electric, drone-like ride sharing platforms keeps coming up in conversations about the future of travel, regardless of whether or not that topic makes…
Continue readingHarbour Air recently announced plans to convert its fleet of over 30 seaplanes to electric power with help from motor builder, MagniX. Each of the fleet’s current ICE engines will…
Continue readingNothing says “luxury” like a private jet; nothing says “reliability” like a Honda — that’s why the aptly named HondaJet Elite is a work of ground-breaking innovation. Its light weight allows…
Continue readingEuropean carrier EasyJet says it expects to begin using an electric airplane in commercial service for flights of less than 300 miles within 10 years. It is working closely with US company Wright Electric to design such an airplane.
Continue readingSerial entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt has linked up with Tier 1 Engineering to create the world’s first full size electric helicopters. She says she was inspired by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors. She owns 7 Teslas herself.
Continue readingDARPA and Zee Aero are both working on electric airplanes. Both use electric motors, large rear wings and smaller canard wings in front. DARPA expects a prototype of its plane to fly in 2018.
Continue readingOkay, it may not be that wild, but there’s been a bit of controversy in the world of electric aviation as of late. A French pilot, Didier Esteyne, believed he set…
Continue readingDo solar electric vehicles have a future…in the sky? Some innovative aero-engineers seem to think so, and they aim to prove the viability of their concept by flying across the U.S. using nothing but the sun for power. The Switzerland-based Solar Impulse team is aiming for make a sun-powered flight across the continental U.S. sometime in the next year.
Continue readingSome analysts have said that we are about to enter a golden age of solar technology, as the cost of solar electricity and installations becomes increasingly competitive with established fuel…
Continue readingWhile the debate in America rages over the future of high speed rail, Japan is still looking for ever more futuristic ways to get around. The latest idea; a hovering…
Continue readingAir travel is often hailed as the safest form of travel, and there is something to be said for getting where you need to go in a hurry. Of course,…
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