Pipistrel’s Velis Electro has become the first all-electric aircraft to secure type certification from a civil aviation body, after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approved the two-seater design on Wednesday.
The world’s largest all-electric aircraft is about to take to the skies for the first time in a test flight over Washington state in the US on Thursday. The Cessna Caravan, retrofitted with an electric engine by magniX, is expected to fly for 20-30 minutes. Unlike the experimental aircraft that have dominated electric flight so far,
In a case of something old being made new, Vancouver-based Harbour Air plans to convert its de Havilland and Cessna fleet to all-electric aircraft.
Rolls-Royce is developing what it says will be the world's fastest electric aircraft.
