Electric

Aircraft Audio available

Rolls-Royce looks to smash speed record with the world's fastest electric airplane

David Szondy January 2, 2019

A partnership led by Rolls-Royce is building an all-electric aircraft that may smash into the record books with a top speed of over 300 mph (480 km/h) – beating the previous e-plane record of 210 mph (338 km/h) set in 2017 by Siemens.

Continue Reading

Aircraft

For $150,000 you can now order your own Hoverbike

Rich Haridy October 28, 2018

This crazy looking motorcycle-styled hoverbike appeared in early 2017 and we were skeptical the contraption would ever move beyond just an odd engineering curiosity. However, Hoversurf has revealed its hoverbikes are now ready for production and preorders are open, with delivery scheduled for 2019.

Continue Reading

Marine

Ride on water: Pre-sale reservations now available for Manta5 hydrofoiling e-bike

Loz Blain July 24, 2018

​Pre-sale registrations are now open for the Manta5, a Kiwi-built, 400-watt hydrofoiling e-bike that lets you ride effortlessly on water like a life-jacketed, 2,000-year-old Jewish carpenter on a fitness kick.

Continue Reading

Outdoors

GoSun's hybrid solar/electric oven cooks day and night

Michael Irving July 3, 2018

There’s one big problem to cooking with the power of the Sun – half the time it’s gone. To extend the cookouts to all hours, GoSun has now whipped up the GoSun Fusion, which adds an electric heating element to the device.

Continue Reading

Space

ESA test-fires electric ion thruster that could run satellites on thin air

Michael Irving March 5, 2018

The working life of ion thrusters is limited by the amount of propellant they can carry. Now, scientists at ESA and Italian space company SITAEL have test-fired a new type of “air-breathing” electric thruster that could keep satellites aloft for longer, by making them literally run on thin air.

Continue Reading

Marine

Foiler "flying yacht" is a sleek, hybrid-powered hydrofoil

Rich Haridy March 4, 2018

The Foiler from Enata Marine is an impressively styled blend of hybrid diesel-electric propulsion with a retractable hydrofoil system that, quite literally, elevates the luxury yacht while maintaining stability for riders who don’t want to spill their champagne.

Continue Reading

Aircraft

Battery-powered electric plane quietly takes to Australian skies for the first time

Rich Haridy January 7, 2018

​Pipistrel’s Alpha Electro took to the skies in Australia recently, marking the first time an electric light aircraft was flown in the country. The plane has been designed to be an efficient and cheap pilot training craft and this first flight marks a new frontier for electric aircraft in Australia.

Continue Reading

Outdoors

Morphcooker electric camp stove opts for battery power over gas

Rich Haridy December 13, 2017

A variety of innovative camping stoves have arrived recently, from the BioLite that turns heat energy into electricity, to the GoSun, a solar oven that can boil water in 30 minutes. The latest device making a play for campsites is the Morphcooker, a portable, battery-powered electric camping stove.

Continue Reading

Automotive

Mercedes continues drive toward range-wide electric drivetrain options with new eVito

Radhesh Krishnan November 21, 2017

As part of its push to offer fully electric versions of its entire commercial van line-up, Mercedes is now taking orders for the 2018 eVito. Mercedes says the fully-electric mid-size commercial van​ provides the same performance as its diesel counterpart, but with lower long-term running costs.

Continue Reading

Wearables Feature

Interview: Former Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman's moonwalking electric shoes

Michael Irving November 6, 2017

Former Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman has concocted a prototype that sounds like something you’d see in an ACME catalog: electric shoes. Ahead of a crowdfunding campaign for the project, New Atlas spoke to Hyneman about how and why you’d mechanize shoes, and just what you might use them for.

Continue Reading