May 30th, 2020 | by Harry Stoltz
Cape Canaveral, Florida — The much-anticipated launch of the Demo-2 mission marks the first time NASA has launched astronauts from American soil since the end of the Shuttle program
May 25th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
Energy giant Total Group and engineering firm Gaussin are working together to create the world’s first 100% electric fuel truck for the aviation industry
May 7th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
While we're waiting for the plasma jet of the future, startups are already deploying electricity and biofuel to push fossil fuels out of aircraft
April 24th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
Quantum Air announced plans to launch what it's calling a world's first -- an air taxi service using a fleet of 26 all-electric flying taxis to shuttle passengers between major points in the greater Los Angeles area
April 20th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
The flying car got one step closer to reality earlier this month when the Japanese eVTOL company, SkyDrive, completed the country's first manned flight of an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL)
April 8th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
It's 2020. That means that despite the COVID-19 induced global financial meltdown, we're supposed to have flying cars by now. Thankfully, there are still a few companies out there trying to make that dream a reality, and when they do, all of you who buy those electric flying cars will need a place to land, charge, and re-charge for the next leg of your flight. That's where Beta comes in
April 7th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
The mad scientists at Alauda are actually doing it -- the Airspeeder flying cars are going to happen. What's more, they're going to happen somewhat sooner than later thanks to a seven-figure round of fundraising from Australian technology venture capital firms Saltwater Capital and Jelix, FOREX trading and money management firm Equals, and German logistics company
March 8th, 2020 | by Jake Richardson
Wright Electric, the LA-based electric plane startup, has begun developing the propulsion system for the Wright 1, an electric 186-passenger commercial aircraft. The propulsion system will reportedly utilize 10-14 electric motors
February 28th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
An appeals court in London has ruled against a proposal to add a third runway to Heathrow airport, saying the plan did not consider the commitments made by the UK government in the Paris climate accords.
February 14th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
The Delta CEO said that the company isn’t going to decarbonize, it isn’t going to buy offsets, and they are going to spend about $100 million a year moving chairs around on the deck of the Hindenburg
February 13th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Airbus this week unveiled its MAVERIC blended wing airplane prototype which it says would be more spacious for passengers and up to 20% more efficient.
February 11th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Elon Musk told the hosts of a Third Row Tesla and HyperChange podcast recently that he has no plans to develop an electric airplane -- yet.
February 10th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
California-based Wisk has signed an agreement with the government of New Zealand to test its autonomous electric air taxi in that country.
February 5th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
I've been saying for a few years that I'd love to have a good EV and autonomy index fund that had global reach, and that covered car brands, OEMs and batteries. I've been looking for similar good funds in the larger cleantech and clean energy space as well, but this article is just about my findings on the EV+autonomy front.
January 29th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Rolls-Royce is working to build the fastest single seat electric airplane of all time. To get there, it has to solve an assortment of complex engineering problems
January 16th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Toyota has made a $394 million dollar investment in Joby Aviation, an eVTOL air taxi company based in California
January 15th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Quantum Air and OSM Aviation Group just announced an electric aircraft pilot training partnership. OSM Aviation Academy will conduct the Quantum-branded pilot training program according to FAA commercial standards. Electric urban air mobility (UAM) is taking shape one step at a time
January 15th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
A Delta flight bound for Shanghai had to make an emergency fuel dump earlier today. That fuel rained down upon Los Angeles near a school playground. Around 40 people were injured, the AJC reports
January 14th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Hyundai Motor Company and Uber Elevate showed us a fairly complete urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) concept vehicle, autonomous pods, and a hub ecosystem that fits with Uber Elevate’s air taxi model at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
January 4th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) — a leading parachute safety company that won one of Revolution.Aero’s competitions earlier this year — says it has a parachute system that will work with eVTOL aircraft, even at low altitudes. I recently spoke with Larry Williams, CEO of ASR, on how the company’s parachute technology works, its application for eVTOL aircraft, and public perception
January 2nd, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The Tesla Cybertruck may be "old news" by now (ah, the not-so-endearing ADD of the internet), but a piece of ours explaining why it doesn't really need a garage was still king of the hill last month. Tesla took silver too, with a story explaining that the 2012 Tesla Model S still has superior specs to new 2020 EV entrants from other companies than Tesla. In third was a piece on world-leading research from our friend Mark Z. Jacobson and several colleagues on how the world could be a galaxy-leading 100% renewable energy planet!
December 29th, 2019 | by Mark Z. Jacobson
The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect
December 28th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Here’s more urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) and electric fixed-wing aircraft news for the last week of
