first plug-in hybrid-electric airplane Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Hybrid-Electric Airplane Built by Boeing https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-electric-airplane-boeing/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-electric-airplane-boeing/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 09:24:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50893 Many would argue that hybrid-electric vehicles nowadays are the wisest choice. Clean and smooth, yet minus the fear that the battery will run out half way between charging stations. If this is the case with cars, it is only logical that same goes for planes, right? Well, this is what the guys from Boeing thought when […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-electric-airplane-boeing/feed/ 1 50893 DA36 E-Star: World's First Hybrid Electric Airplane Debuts at The Paris Air Show https://www.greenoptimistic.com/da36-e-star-hybrid-electric-airplane-20110624/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/da36-e-star-hybrid-electric-airplane-20110624/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:00:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19230 Dubbed DA36 E-Star, the two-seater airplane made its maiden flight on June 8 at the Wiener Neustadt airfield in Vienna, Austria. As company officials said, the E-Star could reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 25%, compared to an equivalent aircraft from its class.

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