Sentences with phrase «electric planes»
Who knows, maybe we can fly there in electric planes in the not too distant future.
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Zunum Aero believes millions of people will be comfortable flying on the hybrid electric planes.
Until Elon Musk decides to build the supersonic electric plane with vertical take off that he said he knew how to make 5 years ago, most planes will need liquid fuel with a high energy - density.
«The company I founded 15 years ago is now set to build sensationally elegant and classy electric motorcars and electric planes for decades to come.»
And the Boeing - backed electric plane start - up Zunum Aero recently unveiled its plans, which include a project awarded by NASA to develop the Single - aisle Turboelectric Aircraft with Aft Boundary Layer propulsion (STARC - ABL, pictured above) among other initiatives.
«Ten - engine electric plane completes successful flight test.»
Spyker declared bankruptcy on the 18th December 2014, but has since paid off creditors and now hopes to partner the US - based electric plane manufacturer.
These announcements, along with news such as EasyJet's announcement that they will have passengers in electric planes within a decade, indicate a resurgence in the excitement around the possibilities for battery - powered planes.
Sceptor, an experimental electric plane, integrates motors into the wing.
Lilium, founded in 2015, said it has completed a series of «rigorous flight tests» on its flying car, «the first zero - emission electric plane capable of Vertical Take - Off and Landing [VTOL].»
Zunum Aero, a start - up based in suburban Seattle, believes millions of people will be comfortable flying on the hybrid electric planes it plans to deliver starting in 2022.
It might not be long before we're zooming around in electric planes — at least for short distances, says a German Aerospace Center expert in a DW interview.
The aircraft majors, Boeing and Airbus, have both backed electric planes.
Forget the electric car, are you ready to fly in an electric plane?
Because of that familiarity, Kumar thinks the public, charter plane operators and companies looking for a new corporate jet will feel comfortable flying in a hybrid electric plane.
The electric plane will be able to take off and land vertically, and Uber hopes to have a fleet of 50 ready for testing in Dallas and Dubai by 2020.
In the next step toward achieving this, Airbus will make a next - generation two - seater electric plane, set for launch in 2017, and a four - seater electric plane with a gas - powered range extender, set for launch in 2019.
Volta Volare GT4 is pegged as an electric plane.
Soon, in Norway, you'll be able to get an electric bus to the airport so you can fly on an electric plane.
Some of the things covered are: What Tesla Motors» mission is, SolarCity (mentioning again the imminent IPO), Musk's idea for an electric plane that would be much more efficient than the current generation of planes, why hydrogen fuel cells won't make it in cars, the «hyperloop» 5th mode of transportation -LRB-!?)
He holds speed records for both electric motorcycles and electric planes.
Chip Yates, who already holds a Guinness Book of World Records title for «World's Fastest Electric Motorcycle» and broke a speed record in an electric plane that he designed.