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Lilium Still Aims to Get to Commercial Flight — Updates

November 8, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, evtol, green economy, investment, lilium, lilium jet

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:15:49 +0000

As I wrote a week ago, unfortunately, following some surprise obstacles getting financial support in Germany, Lilium had to file for insolvency. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft startup has been getting hype and praise for years, and even logged hundreds of orders this year and planning to … [continued]

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Lilium Runs Out of Money

November 2, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, electric jets, Electric vehicles, lilium, lilium jet

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 03:50:44 +0000

Lilium has been developing one of the more attractive eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft over the past decade or so. It also had some positive news recently. A few months ago, I noted that the company had logged a good chunk of future sales in the UK. Three … [continued]

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Toyota Puts Nearly $1 Billion Into Electric Aviation Startup

October 10, 2024 admin clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, electric cars, Electric vehicles, joby, toyota, vtol

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:57:13 +0000

Electric aviation is a fascinating topic. And when we talk about electric aviation, we’re typically talking about vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft of course. There’s been a lot of interest and hype around electric VTOL aircraft for the past several years, but no one’s really using them yet — … [continued]

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AV Successfully Flight Tests New Solar-Powered Aircraft

October 9, 2024 admin aerovironment, Aviation, clean power, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, press releases, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 23:57:12 +0000

The New AeroVironment Sunglider Also Redefines Stratospheric Payload Capabilities ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA — AeroVironment (AV) flight-tested an upgraded Sunglider™, enhancing its High-Altitude Platform-Station (HAPS) capabilities for commercial and government markets. The result is Horus™ A, the new version of Sunglider for government applications. Horus A is a solar-powered UAS capable of … [continued]

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Elfly Group & Nordic Seaplanes Sign Agreement for Deployment of Noemi Electric Seaplanes

September 26, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, COPENHAGEN, Denmark, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, press releases, Water

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:38:12 +0000

Copenhagen, Denmark — Elfly Group, developers of the all-electric seaplane programme ‘Noemi’ (No Emissions), is delighted to announce a new partnership with Denmark’s Nordic Seaplanes, which will see the dedicated seaplane operator become the world’s first ‘Noemi’ airline. Nordic Seaplanes signed an MoU for five aircraft with an option for … [continued]

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Electric Aviation With Unlimited Range Is Getting Cheaper & Smaller

September 25, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric airplanes, electric aviation, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:14:56 +0000

For the most part, we treat electric aviation like it’s something that we’ll see in the future. I mean, batteries are expensive and heavy, and they don’t hold that much energy per unit of weight. So, compared to, say, kerosene (jet fuel), batteries take up a lot more space and … [continued]

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Archer Gets Two Big Orders For Its Electric Aircraft

August 20, 2024 admin air force (usaf), archer, archer aviation, Aviation, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, evtol, us air force, vtol

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 03:57:57 +0000

I wrote the other day about Archer Aviation preparing for electric air taxi service in Los Angeles and San Francisco for the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics. A month prior, we wrote about Stellantis (the giant automaker) investing $55 million into Archer. But news from Archer is moving … [continued]

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Lilium Logging More Electric Jet Sales

August 12, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, Electric vehicles, england, evtol, lilium, lilium jet, london, uk, vtol

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:15:05 +0000

Lilium is one of the leaders in the electric aircraft industry, or more specifically the early electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market. It seems to have one of the more appealing and practical aircraft designs, and it is breaking through barriers (or I should say, flying over barriers) quicker. … [continued]

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Archer Unveils Los Angeles Air Mobility Network Ahead Of Major Worldwide Sporting Events

August 11, 2024 admin archer, archer aviation, Aviation, California, clean transport, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, electric aviation, Electric vehicles, gavin newsom, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 01:01:04 +0000

Archer plans to launch the network in Los Angeles to replace one-to-two-hour drives with 10-20 minute electric flights Archer’s planned network includes take-off and landing locations at Los Angeles International Airport, University of Southern California, Orange County, Santa Monica, Hollywood Burbank, Long Beach and Van Nuys Archer is also coordinating … [continued]

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Save Big with 100% Electric Tractors, Greener & Quieter Rail Journeys, Small EV Postcard — EV News

August 7, 2024 admin Aviation, California, clean transport, ecojet, electric airplanes, electric cars, electric tractors, Electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, mini, mini cooper, mini cooper e, monarch tractor, Singapore, trains / rail, uk, Vietnam, vinfast, vinfast vf 3, volvo cars, xpeng, xpeng g6, zeroavia

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:16:30 +0000

Great news for farms everywhere: we’re getting more electric tractors. Don’t hesitate to look into the California CORE Subsidy Program as well. With the CORE program, you can save up to $68,000+ on a 100% electric Monarch MK-V Tractor! That price is comparable to a 40HP compact diesel tractor. Also, … [continued]

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