Small planes are easier to electrify, but larger ones aren't far behind. Chalabala/istock via Getty Images Aircraft are some of the most complex vehicles out there, but the biggest problem for ...

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.

Dutch startup Elysian unveiled plans for an electric plane it says could fly 500 miles on a single charge. The company says the E9X has eight engines and folding wingtips. Electric planes have largely ...

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 ...

“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 ...

When an all-electric passenger airplane took a test flight in 2022, it didn’t have much room on board—the design, from a startup called Eviation, has space for only nine passengers. Other ...

One concern is the hefty weight of these planes' batteries. The race to decarbonize the aviation industry is heating up, with researchers finding a way to make passenger airplanes operate on 100% ...

As convenient as flying may be, air travel is not great for the environment—by some estimates, commercial flights alone are responsible for 3 to 4 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United ...