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By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace reporter The fall of zero-emissions electric airplane startup Eviation this month was triggered by a tense internal standoff among shareholders. In mid-January, the company’s deep-pocketed, Singapore-based financial backer sent a letter to the shareholders that outlined a deep rift with the two Israeli co-founders and delivered a potent threat.
Arlington-based startup Eviation, which flew the first flight of its sleek all-electric airplane at Moses Lake in fall 2022, laid off most of its staff last week after failing to attract new funding, according to two employees who were among those cut. “The company is pausing operations indefinitely,” said an engineer. “Most of the engineering
All-electric passenger planes are still experimental. But regional airport managers are eager to install charging infrastructure to accommodate them. By: Tom Banse – October 3, 2024 12:25 pm The managers of half a dozen Washington airports see a future where you could hop across Puget Sound or the Cascade Mountains in minutes on a non-polluting
What’s up with electric aviation? Jun 19, 2024 Volts 1000s of subscribers A newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization. In your inbox once or twice a week. In this episode, CEO Kyle Clark of BETA Technologies walks us through the details of how to design, build, and operate
Oct. 20, 2022 at 4:25 pm Updated Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:59 pm 1 of 3 | Studies have found that although the production of a battery electric vehicle causes more pollution than a gasoline-powered counterpart, that greenhouse gas emission difference is erased as the vehicle is driven. (Matt Williams / The New York Times)
Sep. 27, 2022 at 8:47 am Updated Sep. 30, 2022 at 10:37 am 1 of 10 | The all-electric airplane called Alice, designed and built in Arlington, takes off on its first flight Tuesday morning in Moses Lake. It landed safely eight minutes later. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) By Dominic Gates Seattle Times aerospace
Battery-powered planes are gaining traction with airlines and some are slated to be in the air by 2028. But big hurdles remain. By Pranshu Verma September 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT A graphic image of Heart Aerospace’s ES-30, a battery powered plane that United Airlines, Mesa Airlines and Air Canada have purchased. (Heart Aerospace) For
Last year, President Joe Biden set a goal for electric vehicles to make up half of all car sales in the US by 2030. By expanding tax credits for electric vehicles in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration hopes to expand the electric car fleet beyond the current 7 million fully electric
Can new emission-free electric planes replace our polluting airliners and revolutionize personal transportation in our cities? NOVA takes you for a ride in some impressive prototypes that are already in the air, from speedy single-seat planes that can take off like a helicopter but are half as noisy to “self-flying” air taxis that are already
Airplane manufacturers are making big moves to decarbonize — but is it too little too late? Jennifer Van Evra “The airline sector doesn’t have a plan to date,” says Andrew Murphy, aviation director of Transport and Environment, “and it’s kind of scrambling to come up with one.” (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) What On Earth27:01Up in the