VoltAero, an aviation startup in France, was founded by Jean Botti, a specialist who had previously worked with Airbus and General Motors. The company’s flagship model is a modular aircraft concept ...

A hybrid Cessna 337 in California completed a successful test flight using a silicon carbide-based inverter developed by the ...

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 ...

The UA Power Group designed a silicon carbide-based motor drive for the hybrid version of a plane commonly used as an air ...

A hybrid Cessna 337 taxied down a Southern California runway and lifted into the air. The plane, a type commonly used as an ...

EVERETT, Wash. — A new motor recently seen in action at Paine Field in Everett could move the airliners of the future. What’s different is what makes the propellers turn...a hydrogen-electric ...

As is the case with cars, pure-electric aircraft may be the greenest way to go, but hybrids have a considerably longer range. Brazilian company Desaer's ATL-100H will be just such a plane, utilizing ...

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 ...

A concept design for a "Tesla Model V" electric aircraft has caught the attention of Elon Musk. "Looks pretty cool," Musk wrote in response to a Twitter post from "blue_bnd" detailing the concept. A ...

UK startup Faradair is proposing to bring an 18-passenger propeller-driven triplane to market as soon as 2026, powered by electric motors from Seattle-area startup magniX. (Faradair Rendering) A ...