Archive for the ‘EV Aircraft’ Category

The Solar Impulse has returned to Payerne, Switzerland after successful touring flights to Brussels and Paris. It proved to be a popular favorite at this years International 2011 Paris Air Show. The Solar Impulse is a large electric airplane with the wingspan equal to large commercial aircraft (Boeing 747, Airbus 380). ...

Solar Impulse wins EV.com's prestigious EV of the year award for 2010.

"This historical event certainly provides hope that it's possible to eventually break our dependence on fossil fuels as the chief source of energy for the planet."

 

Solar Impulse (an EV aircraft) has taken off on a record-breaking night flight that could be the first 24 hour flight powered only by the energy provided by sunlight. At 06:51 in the morning on Jul, 7, 2010, André Borscherg (the CEO and co-founder of the Solar Impulse project) took off in the Solar Impulse HB-SIA ...

Commercial aviation has already started testing biofuels to be used as replacements for fossil fuels and reducing carbon emissions.

Solar Impulse's electric airplane could have flown while most of European air traffic were grounded.