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  1. Archer Aims to Fly Trial eVTOL Ops Under New White House Program

    Dec
    01
    2025
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    Archer Aviation plans to participate in the White House’s new eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), working with U.S. airlines and interested cities to stage supervised, pre-certification trial operations of its Midnight aircraft. Under the eIPP, the Department of Transportation and the FAA intend to create controlled operating environments that fast-track real-world data on safety, noise, […]

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  3. 10 Innovative Ways Shipping Containers Are Reshaping Urban Landscapes

    Oct
    26
    2025
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    As cities around the world grapple with issues of sustainability, affordability, and creativity in urban planning, a surprising solution has emerged from an unexpected source: shipping containers.  These once-unassuming cargo carriers are now at the forefront of urban transformation, offering a palette of possibilities for architects, designers, and urban dwellers. Marketresearch.biz reports that the shipping […]

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  4. Archer Aims to Fly Trial eVTOL Ops Under New White House Program

    Sep
    29
    2025
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    Archer Aviation plans to participate in the White House’s new eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), working with U.S. airlines and interested cities to stage supervised, pre-certification trial operations of its Midnight aircraft. Under the eIPP, the Department of Transportation and the FAA intend to create controlled operating environments that fast-track real-world data on safety, noise, […]

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  5. Avelo Orders 50 Embraer E195-E2s, Opening the U.S. Market for E2

    Sep
    23
    2025
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    Avelo has ordered 50 Embraer E195-E2 jets with options for 50 more, marking the first U.S. sale of Embraer’s latest-generation E2 family. The deal is valued at $4.4 billion at list prices, excluding options, with deliveries beginning in 2027 and running into the next decade. The order does more than add capacity. Avelo plans to […]

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  6. California High-Speed Rail Secures $1B/Year Through 2045 Under Cap-and-Invest

    Sep
    16
    2025
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    California’s high-speed rail project just received its steadiest lifeline yet: a legislative agreement to reauthorize the state’s Cap-and-Invest program with a dedicated $1 billion per year through 2045. For a project defined by stop-start funding, that long-horizon commitment is the headline. It closes identified gaps for the Merced-to-Bakersfield early operating segment and signals the market […]

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  7. Conifer’s Axial-Flux Motors Power Ahead with Rare Earth-Free & China-Free Design

    Aug
    12
    2025
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    Conifer, a Silicon Valley startup founded by former engineers from Apple and Lucid, is rewriting the electric motor script. Their secret? axial-flux motors built with ferrite (iron) magnets, not rare-earth magnets traditionally sourced from China. This is a significant move, as it directly challenges the supply chain vulnerabilities currently embedded in the EV and industrial […]

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  9. GM’s $888M Investment Into the Tonawanda Plant Will Keep V8 Engines Alive

    Jun
    09
    2025
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    General Motors is making its biggest-ever investment in an engine plant. Yup, in the wake of electrification, the American giant shows commitment to building internal combustion engines. But not just any kind, they will build V8s! The $888 million investment in GM’s Tonawanda Propulsion plant will support production of the automaker’s upcoming sixth-generation V8 engines. […]

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  10. Porsche Wants to Recycle Old EV Batteries for its Next-Gen Vehicles

    Apr
    22
    2025
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    Electric cars are undoubtedly better for the environment as far as their carbon footprint is concerned. Yes, this is true even if you use electricity from coal power plants. However, all those nasty chemicals found in lithium-ion batteries are extremely harmful to the environment, meaning battery waste is a huge point of concern. Producing batteries […]

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  11. Tidal’s Hybrid-Electric Polaris Seaplane Consumes 85% Less Fuel

    Mar
    06
    2025
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    Hybrid cars are already taking over the automotive industry, and it’s easy to see why. They consume less fuel, without sacrificing performance, and crucially produce less greenhouse gases. Now, hybrid-electric powertrains are also becoming more prominent in the aviation industry, particularly for seaplanes. They are seen as a stopgap to fully electric and hydrogen-electric aircraft […]

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  13. First Look at Jet-powered VTOL X-plane After Finishing DARPA SPRINT for DARPA SPRINT Program

    Jan
    21
    2025
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    Bell has completed wind tunnel tests of its X-plane model at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University, part of DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technology (SPRINT) program, aimed at creating an aircraft to demonstrate technologies allowing high-speed flight without the need for traditional runways. According to a press release by […]

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  14. First Look at Jet-powered VTOL X-plane After Finishing Wind Tunnel Tests for DARPA SPRINT Program

    Jan
    21
    2025
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    Bell has completed wind tunnel tests of its X-plane model at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University, part of DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technology (SPRINT) program, aimed at creating an aircraft to demonstrate technologies allowing high-speed flight without the need for traditional runways. According to a press release by […]

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  15. NASA and MagniX Start Altitude-Testing Hybrid Electric Planes

    Nov
    26
    2024
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    Fully-electric commercial planes are still far from reality. Unlike cars, planes need to carry as little weight as possible, and the heavy lithium-ion batteries certainly won’t help with that. However, hybrid planes, where electricity is used to aid the turbine engines, are around the corner. These would carry much smaller batteries while being more efficient […]

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  16. NASA Changes the Aviation Industry with Innovation New Materials for Aircraft

    Nov
    14
    2024
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    NASA is known for its focus on investment in cutting-edge technologies ranging from basic materials to full-scale experimental aircraft, aiming to raise efficiency and reliability while reducing weight and cost. Engineers at NASA are recently developing and deploying innovative new materials that can help to produce better parts for aircraft engines and related systems. Silicon […]

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  17. Vicor Launches Advanced High-Density Power Modules for 800V EVs

    Oct
    24
    2024
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    In the past few years, EV manufacturers started using an 800V architecture for their models. Porsche’s Taycan was one of the first examples, but Kia and Hyundai quickly followed suit with the EV6 and Ioniq 5, respectively. Even Tesla used an 800V architecture for the divisive Cybertruck. The reason is pretty straightforward – higher current […]

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  18. Solar Platform Station Will Hover in the Stratosphere to Provide Internet Connection

    Oct
    10
    2024
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    Companies like Starlink are advancing us into the “internet everywhere” direction. However, these satellite internet solutions are still costly and don’t provide the same speeds as regular on-the-ground providers. But what if you could put aircraft in the stratosphere and beam internet from there? That’s the idea behind the Sceye HAPS (High-Altitude Platform Station), which […]

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  19. US Army Introduces Cleaning Robots to Keep Soldiers Safe From Chemical and Biological Contamination

    Sep
    26
    2024
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    The US Army has introduced a robotic Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System that can decontaminate military vehicles exposed to chemical or biological weapons without putting soldiers at risk. Nuclear, chemical, and biological (NBC) weapons are frightening because they are so dangerous. These weapons haven’t been used for decades by major nations, but they could be. Chemical […]

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  20. Candela’s P-12 All-Electric Passenger Ferry Flies Above the Water

    Sep
    23
    2024
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    Land routes are becoming ever more congested, with short road trips taking longer than ever before. It’s a real problem that humanity needs to tackle, and according to Candela, a Swedish foiling e-boat maker, the solution is using Earth’s vast water surface. Particularly, the brand’s advanced all-electric passenger ferry called the P-12, which rides above […]

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