Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Swedish aviation company is to test the world's largest all-electric aircraft in 2025, giving a boost to sustainable air travel.

“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 ...

Commercial aviation is struggling to reduce its climate impact and it’s currently not on track to meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Sustainable aviation fuel is not being produced fast ...

Internal combustion engines have been the transportation technology du jour for decades, but the industry is due for a change. The electric revolution was slow to start but is now in full swing.

It's not every day aviation history is made, but June 2025 marked a real milestone for New York and the world of electric flight. For the first time, a passenger-carrying electric airplane landed at ...

The U.S. Air Force wants to buy battery-powered planes after it deployed BETA Technologies’ ALIA aircraft to one of the service’s bases. A final decision on when and how many of the electric ...

A plane that will never need traditional fuel landed at Boeing Field, making history. “The first electric aircraft to land at Boeing Field,” said Deputy Airport Director David Decoteau. The aircraft ...

Dozens gathered in the doorway of an open hangar at Centennial Airport on Wednesday, watching as a first-of-its-kind electric plane touched down in front of a background of picturesque Colorado ...

NASA’s first fully electric plane, the X-57 Maxwell, is gearing up for flight after its cruise motor controllers successfully passed critical testing. The X-57 project is part of NASA’s early efforts ...