A new hybrid electric motor developed through a project named Hypstair has the potential to make a breakthrough in emission-free propulsion in aviation. The motor is being tested on a Pipistrel ...

Having witnessed the advantages of electrification in the automotive world, the aviation industry has quickly jumped on board and started looking into ways of integrating batteries and electric motors ...

The skies may soon be cleaner — and quieter — thanks to a bold new electric jet project. Ultralight aircraft company Whisper Aero was recently awarded a $500,000 grant to help fund testing of the ...

Back in the fall of 2020 a small British company called Equipmake presented to the world what it described as humanity's most power-dense permanent magnet electric motor in series production. At the ...

Last time we looked in on aerospace motor startup H3X, it was still in the perinatal stages, with little more than renderings and big plans to create the most power-dense motors known to man. Since ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHI Corporation (TOKYO: 7013) announces today it and several domestic partners jointly developed the world’s first one-megawatt-class (see note 1) electric motor (note 2) ...

Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications. The air-cooled, direct drive motor—which is targeted at electric and ...

In a remarkable demonstration, Electra showcased its hybrid-electric Ultra Short prototype to U.S. military stakeholders, emphasizing the aircraft's ability to operate in areas without conventional ...

Automakers and aerospace firms are accelerating rare-earth-free motor designs as dependence on neodymium becomes a liability.

Bristow Group is celebrating hitting 100 flights with the Beta Technologies Alia CX300 all-electric aircraft, as the operator ...

It may seem like a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but Astro Mechanica seems to be all-in on its revolutionary hybrid-electric ...