“And we hope to see you back here in this same spot in 3 years for what we hope will be the first commercial flight on a hybrid electric plane.” That remark at a recent event caught me by surprise, as ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

When an all-electric passenger airplane took a test flight in 2022, it didn’t have much room on board—the design, from a startup called Eviation, has space for only nine passengers. Other ...

Dutch startup Elysian unveiled plans for an electric plane it says could fly 500 miles on a single charge. The company says the E9X has eight engines and folding wingtips. Electric planes have largely ...

One concern is the hefty weight of these planes' batteries. The race to decarbonize the aviation industry is heating up, with researchers finding a way to make passenger airplanes operate on 100% ...

CLIMATEWIRE | U.S. aviation company Textron Inc. announced last week that it will “accelerate” its development of an electric fleet, starting with the purchase of a Slovenian electric aircraft company ...