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- Volta Volaré Is an Electric Plane with a Backup Gas Engine Fri, 4 May 12, 6:00am“Range anxiety” is an emotion that’s common to people who own electric cars. It’s a term that describes the fear that EVs won’t have a strong enough charge to get you to your destination or...
- El Al Airlines to Launch Hybrid-Electric Boeing 737 Airplanes Wed, 9 Nov 11, 3:30amIsrael’s El Al Airlines is planning to outfit 20 of their Boeing 737 airplanes with electric drive units from WheelTug that will provide power for the planes to taxi while on the ground...
- Siemens Unveils the World’s First True Hybrid-Electric Airplane Fri, 24 Jun 11, 4:10amSiemans just unveiled the world’s first true plug-in hybrid-electric airplane, which has an engine that resembles the Chevy Volt‘s. The airplane took its maiden flight on June 8 at the Wiener Neustadt airfield...