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Thanks to the efforts of engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an electric-powered aircraft could be possible in the future. The team plans to reveal a recently developed, ...

The plane, equipped with both a gas-powered engine and an electric motor, demonstrated that a smaller and more efficient ...

Hydrogen-electric plane developer ZeroAvia has received delivery of a 76-passenger plane from Alaska Airlines it can now retrofit with zero-emissions technology as promised years ago. Furthermore, the ...

A hybrid Cessna 337 taxied down a Southern California runway and lifted into the air. The plane, a type commonly used as an air taxi between islands, had a traditional gas-powered motor in the nose ...

Since the Wright brothers invented the airplane in 1903, one aspect of how we fly hasn’t changed. Evolving plane design and improved engines aside, almost all modern aircraft have one thing in common: ...

University of Arkansas engineering researchers collaborated with private companies and the University of Illinois to develop an electric motor drive to test in a hybrid airplane Engineering ...

Powered by four electric motors, the ES-30 can fly 124 miles in emissions-free “electric mode” or 249 miles in “hybrid mode” with the help of two turbo generators. The reserve-hybrid system means that ...

There are dozens of short daily flights to Norway’s islands, and the oil-producing Scandinavian country wants electricity to power them. There are dozens of short daily flights to Norway’s islands, ...

An aviation rarity touched down in the Norway's second city of Bergen earlier this month. Alia had flown 100 miles (160km) in 55 minutes on battery power alone. Built by US aerospace company Beta ...