A Superconducting Aircraft Motor From Airbus & Toshiba, Thanks To Hydrogen
Airbus and Toshiba will work together to leverage the cold temperatures of liquid hydrogen to create superconductivity in an airplane motor.
Aviation
DOE Commits $3 Billion To Boost Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply
The jet engine is a marvelous thing. It can push a 300-passenger aircraft through the air at speeds of 600 miles per hour or more. Today’s engines are so efficient that commercial aircraft can remain in the air long enough to fly from New York City to Sydney, Australia, without … [continued]
AV Successfully Flight Tests New Solar-Powered Aircraft
The New AeroVironment Sunglider Also Redefines Stratospheric Payload Capabilities ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — AeroVironment (AV) flight-tested an upgraded Sunglider™, enhancing its High-Altitude Platform-Station (HAPS) capabilities for commercial and government markets. The result is Horus™ A, the new version of Sunglider for government applications. Horus A is a solar-powered UAS capable of … [continued]
Elfly Group & Nordic Seaplanes Sign Agreement for Deployment of Noemi Electric Seaplanes
Copenhagen, Denmark — Elfly Group, developers of the all-electric seaplane programme ‘Noemi’ (No Emissions), is delighted to announce a new partnership with Denmark’s Nordic Seaplanes, which will see the dedicated seaplane operator become the world’s first ‘Noemi’ airline. Nordic Seaplanes signed an MoU for five aircraft with an option for … [continued]
Electric Aviation With Unlimited Range Is Getting Cheaper & Smaller
For the most part, we treat electric aviation like it’s something that we’ll see in the future. I mean, batteries are expensive and heavy, and they don’t hold that much energy per unit of weight. So, compared to, say, kerosene (jet fuel), batteries take up a lot more space and … [continued]
200,000 Didi Electric Cars for Mexico, 600-Kilometer Electric Truck, Modular Flying Car in 2026 …
From the Hyundai IONIQ 5 now being built in the US, to the CEO of Volvo Cars saying the best car he’s ever driven is an EV, to Chinese ride-hailing platform Didi bringing 200,000 electric cars to Mexico, we’ve got a lot of fun EV stories to highlight in this … [continued]
Archer Surpasses 400 Test Flights This Year, Achieving Company Milestone Four Months Ahead Of Schedule
Today, Archer Aviation announced that it has completed 402 test flights so far this year, surpassing the 400 test flight goal it set for 2024 approximately four months ahead of schedule. The 400-plus flights were conducted over the last eight months as the company ramps flight test operations in advance … [continued]
Combustion’s Last Stand Could Come In The Form Of A Solid-State Engine
One very common mistake people make when thinking about EV energy usage is to compare it to ICE vehicles. On the surface, this seems like a fair comparison, because it takes a certain amount of energy to go down the road, right? But, it’s never that simple. Combustion engines have … [continued]
Jack Welch Screwed Up GE & Boeing, And With Them Much US Climate Action
Jack Welch was the quintessential American capitalist, feted by Wall Street, dined by global politicians and harkened to by his innumerable acolytes. He destroyed General Electric personally, and his legacy is destroying Boeing, the only major commercial aircraft manufacturer left standing in the United States. That doesn’t bode well for … [continued]
Moving People In USA Much Harder To Decarbonize Than In Rest Of World
Recently I published a projection of aviation decarbonization with a mix of battery electric and biofuels, including hybrid models, dominating through 2100 in Aerotime, an aviation industry specific journal that requested it. That triggered a lot of discussion, with some of the usual suspects chiming in on subjects they weren’t … [continued]
