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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

Green Car Congress

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

Cars That Think

We carried out our first flight demonstration on 11 October 2022, when we flew a Bell 407GXi helicopter (supplied by consortium member Bell Textron) as a stand-in for a future electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle, or eVTOL. Imagine air taxis, air ambulances, and cargo vehicles whisking people and goods over our cities and beyond.

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Can your electric car be charged during the holiday travel rush that just passed?

Setec Powerr

When traveling on holidays, the supply of charging piles in the expressway service area is in short supply, which can be described as “charging for 1 hour and queuing for 4 hours” Today, with the vigorous development of new energy vehicles, the construction of charging infrastructure is also gradually accelerating.