The Japanese company Tetra Aviation has unveiled a new single-seat electric aircraft, the Mk-5, which can travel around 160 kilometres in complete silence and with zero emissions.
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Jul
Jul
US-based United Airlines and its regional partner Mesa Airlines have signed a conditional purchase agreement with Heart Aerospace for a total of 200 electric-powered regional aircraft capable of carrying 19 passengers.
02
Jul
Jul
Four years after Eviation Aircraft unveiled its electric aircraft, the final production version has been completed. Israel’s Eviation Aircraft made its debut at the 2017 Paris Air Show with Alice, heralded as the first electric aircraft capable of long-range flight. Now the company has made another announcement: the production version of the Alice is ready.
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Jun
Jun
Wright Electric has made progress in electrifying aviation. The US company is focusing on jets, aircraft that fly less than a thousand kilometres. Such aircraft account for ninety percent of aviation emissions and mass electrification would be a major step forward.
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May
May
The first test drives of the Eviation Alice are about to start. The 9+2 seater, luxuriously designed small aircraft is powered by three electric motors and has promising parameters.
12
May
May
The stability and performance of lithium-oxygen batteries could be significantly improved with a tailored electrolyte that could represent the next generation of rechargeable batteries. This is according to a team of scientists from the University of Liverpool, Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University, which has designed a new stable material mixture for lithium-metal anode lithium-oxygen batteries.