Making more moves in the electric aviation arena, electric propulsion company Evolito has acquired aerospace battery company Electroflight. Perhaps the most interesting part of the news, though, is that the two young companies previously collaborated under the name YASA. “Having previously worked together, as YASA, we successfully powered the worlds … [continued]
Rolls-Royce has decided that it wants to produce the fastest electric airplane in the sky. Furthermore, it’s beyond the concept or visualization phase. Rolls-Royce has tested the technology for this on what’s called an “ionBird,” which means “a full-scale replica of the plane’s core.”
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.
The Rolls-Royce ACCEL is one slippery and sleek design, ready to duke it out in the soon-to-start Air Race E.
Rolls-Royce is well-known for its plush cars with infinite refinements. It is not generally known for its electric ventures. The company has dipped its fingers in autonomous electric ferries, as well as an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept. So why not the world’s fastest electric airplane?
