SolarStratos Solar Airplane Aims For The Stratosphere Fueled By Sunshine
The SolarStratos Stratospheric Solar Airplane from Payerne, Switzerland, is an ambitious project taking to the stratosphere on nothing more than pure sunshine.
The SolarStratos Stratospheric Solar Airplane from Payerne, Switzerland, is an ambitious project taking to the stratosphere on nothing more than pure sunshine.
Although electric airplanes and helicopters are taking off, it isn’t nearly Star Trek time, but the electric airplane Hamilton aEro promises a lot of fun at a fraction of the regular price.
The Extra 330LE aerobatic plane — an electric aircraft featuring a propulsion system created by Siemens — recently set two new speed records, according to a press release on the matter.
We’ve been covering news of Siemens electric aviation efforts for quite a while, and things seem to be continuing to come along well. The goal still seems to be the creation of a viable hybrid aircraft (up to 100 passengers) by the year 2030.
SolarStratos, a Swiss start-up, may have just the answer for you wanderlust — an airplane that uses solar power to lift people to the edge of space and return them gently to earth.
Engineers from the NASA Glenn Research Center have begun utilizing Plum Brook Station’s newest facility — NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed — to test new, electric aircraft technologies. The engineers there are now designing, developing, and testing systems for use in the “next revolution in aviation” (electric aircraft technologies). Testing began in September, … [continued]
While the subject of all-electric aircraft often kicks up heated arguments amongst our readers, it is still certainly an area to keep an eye on, owing to its potential for great market disruption (and an accompanying slashing of carbon emissions). The technology clearly has some stumbling blocks to overcome, though, … [continued]
We’ve interviewed a lot of great cleantech experts, celebrities, presidents, etc., over the years. I wanted to do a better job of 1) featuring some of these interviews, and 2) creating a spot where I can easily find them. So, here we are. Below (and on the following pages) are dozens … [continued]
A team of Airbus engineers based out of Silicon Valley is currently working on the development of a new autonomous flying vehicle platform — one that’s been dubbed “Vahana” by those involved. The flying-vehicle platform — which is intended to be both used for cargo transport and passenger transport purposes … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new type of electric motor — weighing just 50 kilograms, but delivering a continuous power output of around 260 kilowatts (roughly 5 times comparable drive systems) — was recently demonstrated live in an Extra 330LE aerobatic airplane by researchers from Siemens, according to a … [continued]