It may never be possible. But electric light aircraft could still have a big impact in another way: if tens of thousands of flight training hours are conducted in electric planes, this will add up ...

The company’s tech could soon be taking to the sky inside light electric aircraft. Energica’s parent company Ideanomics just announced that Energica has signed partnerships with two aviation ...

said we’ve only seen the tip of the electric aircraft iceberg. The BlackFly and Velis Electro—which operates in the U.S. with a light sport aircraft (LSA) exemption—arrived first because ...

Most current projects to develop electric light airplanes begin simply by removing the gasoline engine and replacing it with an electric motor. Not these guys. As soon as the NASA team got started ...

Still, that hasn’t stopped some manufacturers like Pipistrel from building light, battery-powered aircraft that are being used around the world. Experimental electric aircraft are also taking ...

The BlackFly was also the world’s first commercially available light electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, with 13 units delivered to commercial and defense customers since ...

MOSAIC’s implications for light sport aircraft are without a doubt exciting. You could even say they’re electric—literally. Currently, the definition of LSA limits designs to a single ...

This would make it the first electric light jet designed for hydrogen propulsion. The new aircraft would be much better than an electric counterpart in terms of range (up to five times ...

Over the years, Rotax has developed and manufactured dozens of different engines that have helped light aircraft enthusiasts ... also offers 12 or 24-volt electric starter options and packs ...