Articles about Electric propulsion

MagniX's De Havilland Dash 7 test airplane

MagniX shows off test airplane for NASA’s hybrid electric flight demonstration project

The airplane that Everett, Wash.-based magniX will use to test its hybrid electric propulsion system for a $74.3 million NASA… Read More

Judge overturns jury verdict awarding $72M to Zunum in its dispute with Boeing

A federal judge in Seattle has sided with Boeing and is throwing out a jury verdict that called for the… Read More

Zunum Aero airplanes flying over Seattle

Seattle federal jury says Boeing should pay $72M to Zunum Aero in trade secrets case

A federal jury in Seattle says Boeing owes an unsuccessful electric-aviation startup called Zunum Aero $72 million for misappropriating trade… Read More

MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith at company headquarters in Everett, Wash.

Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

Editor’s note: This is part of a series profiling six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming… Read More

Starfish Space scrubs plan for a satellite rendezvous after thruster suffers anomaly

Five months after a tilt-a-whirl spin spoiled the debut of Starfish Space’s first spacecraft, the Tukwila, Wash.- based startup has… Read More

Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites are maneuvering the way they were built to do

A month after the launch of its first prototype Project Kuiper satellites, Amazon reports that the spacecraft have demonstrated controlled… Read More

Illustration: Helijet eVTOL with Vancouver skyline in background

Helijet plans to buy flying taxis from Beta Technologies for all-electric flights in B.C.

Vancouver, B.C.-based Helijet International has placed firm orders with Vermont-based Beta Technologies for a fleet of electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, or… Read More

GM-backed startup’s quiet electric pontoon boat is a conversation starter during Seattle joy rides

Apparently the best way to get people talking about your new boat is to get them out on the water… Read More

MagniX branches out from electric aircraft propulsion to get into hydrogen as well

MagniX has been working on electric propulsion systems for years, but now the Everett, Wash.-based venture is adding hydrogen fuel… Read More

Eviation wins an order from Germany’s Evia Aero for 25 all-electric Alice airplanes

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft says Evia Aero, a nascent European regional airline that’s based in Germany, has signed a letter… Read More

‘It was wonderful’: Eviation’s Alice electric airplane wins praise after its first flight test

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — After years of on-the-ground development, Eviation’s all-electric Alice airplane quietly took to the air here this… Read More

GlobalX strikes a deal with Eviation to buy 50 electric airplanes with delivery in 2027

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation says that GlobalX, an air charter operator based in Miami, has signed a letter of intent to… Read More

Eviation makes a deal to sell Cape Air 75 electric airplanes; first flight test now set for summer

A Seattle-area venture called Eviation has struck a deal with Massachusetts-based Cape Air for the purchase of 75 Eviation Alice… Read More

Activate the ion drive! LeoStella will buy Astra’s electric propulsion systems for small satellites

Astra Space says it’s made a deal with Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella to provide multiple electric propulsion systems for LeoStella’s small… Read More

Gregory Davis becomes Eviation’s interim CEO with electric aircraft’s first flight coming up

Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation says Gregory Davis is assuming the role of interim CEO as part of a planned succession process… Read More

MagniX partners with Brazil’s Desaer to develop hybrid-electric regional aircraft

Everett, Wash.-based MagniX is partnering with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Desaer to develop a hybrid-electric version of Desaer’s ATL-100 regional… Read More

Boeing puts $450M into company building electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying planes

Boeing is investing $450 million in Wisk Aero, a company that’s building all-electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying aircraft. Wisk is developing its… Read More

Seattle’s Pure Watercraft unveils electric pontoon boat as GM collaboration accelerates quickly

Seattle-based Pure Watercraft is acting quickly on its new partnership with General Motors, unveiling an all-electric pontoon boat as the… Read More

GM acquires 25% stake in Seattle’s Pure Watercraft to accelerate future of electric powerboating

A Seattle startup with a vision for electric powerboating is joining forces with a legacy automaker that is shifting its… Read More

Swiss battery venture teams up with magniX and Harbour Air on electric plane

One of the pioneers of battery-powered aviation is joining a Pacific Northwest team that’s aiming to get an all-electric seaplane… Read More

Bill Gates boosts his backing for ZeroAvia hybrid aviation venture — and for Biden’s energy plan

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting his money as well as his mouth behind the push for new energy technologies.… Read More

Electric aircraft motor company MagniX lands deal to power UK startup’s planned 300-plane fleet

A Seattle-area company has been picked to provide the electric motors for a proposed fleet of 300 aircraft to be… Read More

QuantumScape pursues ‘breakthrough’ in lithium batteries — with tips from Bill Gates

Bill Gates isn’t just investing in QuantumScape’s potentially revolutionary lithium-metal battery technology — he’s giving the venture advice as well.… Read More

MagniX teams up with Universal Hydrogen for electric airplane conversion project

Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX says it’s partnering with a Los Angeles startup called Universal Hydrogen to retrofit 40-passenger regional aircraft with… Read More

Roei Ganzarski and MagniX all-electric airplane

MagniX and AeroTEC put all-electric Cessna airplane into the air for first time

An all-electric version of one of the world’s best-known small utility airplanes hummed through its first flight today at Moses… Read More

Accion Systems raises $11M for tiny ion engines, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures playing a lead role

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has teamed up with Shasta Ventures to lead an $11 million Series B investment round for Accion… Read More

Lift Aircraft says 13,000 people have signed up for drone rides; flights begin in beta mode in Texas

A year after its unveiling, Lift Aircraft says more than 13,000 people have signed up so far for rides on… Read More

Harbour Air’s all-electric seaplane makes its first flight, sparking a quiet buzz in B.C.

The cheers seemed louder than the motor when Harbour Air’s all-electric seaplane made its first flight over the Fraser River… Read More

The electric aviation revolution will be televised … by MagniX and Harbour Air

Update for 3:20 p.m. PT Dec. 8: The first test flight of Harbour Air’s electric-powered seaplane is currently scheduled for… Read More

Magnix revs up electric motors for Harbour Air seaplane flight tests in December

Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX, which aims to become the Tesla of aviation, is gearing up for the first flight tests of… Read More