News Digest Item
02 Oct 2017

Siemens and Airbus develop electric planes

Handelsblatt

16 months after joining forces, Siemens and Airbus are on the verge of presenting a market-ready small electric airplane, Axel Höpner and Jens Koenen report in Handelsblatt. By 2030, planes with a capacity of under 100 passengers could be flying with hybrid-engines, Airbus head Tom Enders said.

Read the article in German (behind paywall) here.

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