Chicago-based aerospace company Boeing has formed a small venture-capital division called HorizonX to “turn new ideas and businesses into reality” – among them, a pioneering... READ MORE
Americans currently prefer to drive, take the bus, or ride the train for regional journeys (i.e. journeys within state, or less than 1,000 miles). Planes aren’t that popular... READ MORE
Boeing (BA) and JetBlue (JBLU) Technology Ventures are both investing in hybrid-electric aircraft startup Zunum Aero, which is working on a 10-50 seat aircraft with a range... READ MORE
Boeing and JetBlue Technology Ventures have placed a bet on Zunum Aero‘s hybrid-electric aircraft, plans that promise to offer both fast and more affordable travel... READ MORE
Boeing Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. are investing in a startup developing an electric-powered aircraft with the potential to transform short-haul flights. READ MORE
Imagine taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. New York City to Boston, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami. READ MORE
Jeannie Yandel talks to Alan Boyle of Geekwire about the possibility of taking a hybrid, electric plane for short regional trips and Jeff Bezos' dream of people in space. READ MORE
Say what you will about the electric Chevrolet Volt, but GM’s engineers created a clever solution to the problem of battery range and recharge time: Give the car its own generator. READ MORE
Four years after its founding, Zunum Aero is finally going public with a plan to build hybrid electric airplanes that could revolutionize service to regional airports in the 2020s. READ MORE
A startup enterprise based in the Seattle area has drawn funding from Boeing and JetBlue Airways to study and develop hybrid-electric regional airplanes that would fly between 10 and 50 passengers... READ MORE
