Stuck in traffic on your way to work? Georgia Tech researchers say the answer to gridlock may one day come from the skies. Inside a brand-new prototyping lab, students are working with NASA to convert ...

If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air? NASA is exploring that possibility, announcing this week two contracts to aviation startup Electra.

NASA has revealed a powerful new battery that could change the future of flight. Their solid-state sulfur selenium battery is designed to replace gas-powered engines with electric ones. This leap in ...

NEW HAVEN — The era of zero-emission electric planes — including air taxis — is coming quickly and Tweed New Haven Regional Airport is going to be at the forefront of research to figure out how to ...

NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. This testing ...

MANASSAS, Va., Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra") announced today that NASA Administrator Bill Nelson flew aboard Electra's hybrid-electric EL2 Goldfinch Ultra Short prototype ...

NASA has awarded a Pennsylvania company a $1.35 million prize for developing an ultra-efficient electric airplane. The Taurus G4 airplane won the prize by flying 200 miles from Charles M. Schulz ...

In this What's New in Aerospace program, NASA’s Nicholas Borer talks about the X-57 “Maxwell,” an all-electric experimental aircraft. Today, electrically-powered aircraft are starting to take flight, ...

Vikas Prakash With a $1.3 million grant from NASA, Prakash will develop “high-performance and safe, multifunctional structural battery systems for next generation electric air-vehicles” as part of a ...

Tweed is the first commercial airport to be selected for the partnership with NASA and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, called “Airports as Energy Nodes.” The partnership announcement comes ...