Electric Flight

EASA releases world’s ‘first’ regulatory framework for air taxis operating in European cities.

Engineers working on NASA’s X-57 Maxwell are closing in on the all-electric experimental airplane’s first flight test, expected as early as September 20.

AutoFlight this week released a flight test video of its latest proof of concept electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi, named Prosperity I.

In a remarkable milestone for an electric aircraft, Beta Technologies has flown its Alia test demonstrator on an eight-leg mission across six states achieving a total distance of 1,219 nm.

Eviation’s sleek, all-electric airplane demonstrator–dubbed Alice–reportedly completed a low speed taxi testing program this month at Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO), in Washington, north of Seattle, and is “gearing up” for its first flight “this summer.”

U.K.-based ZeroAvia on Wednesday announced an expanded agreement with Mitsubishi’s Canada-based MHI RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) aimed at retrofitting CRJ Series aircraft with zero-emission, hydrogen-electric powertrains.

Honeywell joins Japan-based automotive manufacturer Denso to develop a motor for Lilium’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

For the first time in the U.S., a student pilot has earned a private pilot certificate using an electric aircraft.

International helicopter and fixed-wing lessor LCI has signed an agreement with Vermont-based Beta Technologies to acquire its Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Germany-based Lilium (NASDAQ: LILM) has submitted proposals to the European Union’s aviation regulatory agency for how its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft will comply with type certification requirements.