Plug In Planes News Today

Volocopter, a German startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles has secured $182 million of investment capital to continue developing its "air taxi," a plug-in aircraft designed to carry a few passengers on short flights to local destinations.

An all-electric passenger aircraft completed its first 8-minute test flight on Tuesday. The nine-passenger prototype plane named Alice, built by startup Eviation, which claimed that the plane is "ushering in a new era of aviation."

An all-electric passenger aircraft completed its first 8-minute test flight on Tuesday. The nine-passenger prototype plane named Alice, built by startup Eviation, which claimed that the plane is "ushering in a new era of aviation."