e-fan Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:04:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electric Airplane Crosses English Channel First Time in History https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-airplane-english-channel/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-airplane-english-channel/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:04:12 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55676 The first electric air-plane to cross the English Channel is the E-Fan technology demonstrator by the Airbus Group- most probably. Electric airplanes are making more and more headlines as technology improves, and are now increasingly setting unseen records. First it was the Solar Impulse airplane, marking the longest journey ever made by solar powered electric […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-airplane-english-channel/feed/ 0 55676 E-Fan Electric Plane Could Take Flight This Fall https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-fan-electric-plane-could-take-flight-this-fall-20130619/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/e-fan-electric-plane-could-take-flight-this-fall-20130619/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38518 Electric planes actually aren’t new, from tiny electric model airplanes up to the solar plane that is set to circumnavigate the globe in 2015. True, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA is a purely solar powered electric plane and not much good for anything other than a proof-of-concept, that is, you wouldn’t load it with cargo and […]

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