Battery problems on the Solar Impulse, the airplane that has been flying around the world using only the sun's power, have grounded the plane until next spring. The lithium-ion batteries overheated on ...
The solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 flew over the Egyptian pyramids before landing in Cairo Wednesday. The flight from ...
PHOENIX - Alone in the single-seat cockpit, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, ...
On a blustery November day in 2025, a Cessna turboprop fought its way through the skies over Pennsylvania. The conditions were miserable for flying: at an altitude of 5,000 meters, crosswinds whipped ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, ...
PHOENIX — Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane’s gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet ...