In addition to building some of China’s most advanced electric cars, Xpeng has been quietly pursuing something far more ambitious: an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The ...

The new X‑Plane, officially revealed as the X‑76, is able to take off without a runway but still fly at fast speeds like a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The electrification of cars has hit the mainstream in a big way, so what's next? Electric aviation could soon be coming to air ...

Archer Aviation wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it violated trade secrets to develop electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. In a ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...

In the next few decades, the standard passenger aircraft will look radically different, according to the head of one of the world’s largest plane manufacturers. Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said in a ...