Lilium has been developing one of the more attractive eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft over the past decade or so. It also had some positive news recently. A few months ago, I noted that the company had logged a good chunk of future sales in the UK. Three … [continued]
An Italian company called Sealence has designed a new jet propulsion drive system called DeepSpeed that is fully electric, efficient enough for long-range sea voyages, and — crucially — big enough to be able to power some of the largest classes of megayachts in the world. Of course, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and to heal Sealence get that evidence, the company has enlisted the superbike engineers at Energica to help develop DeepSpeed.
As cool as the Hoversurf Hoverbike is, the company is now working on another electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air vehicle, the Hoversurf Formula. There are bigger ambitions for the latter.
Electric airplanes are a bit different from electric road cars, and are even more limited. Running out of range 15,000 feet in the air has greater consequences than running out of it on the road. However, most people would plan their flights so they don’t exceed their range, so this … [continued]
