Last year, we heard how Rolls-Royce was developing what it claims will be the world's fastest electric airplane, the ACCEL. Now, the company has announced that it has completed ground testing of the ...

Rolls-Royce’s attempt to build the world’s fastest all-electric plane is picking up speed. And while an attempt at the record is still a few months off, the company has just unveiled the plane it ...

Rolls-Royce has released the first images of an all-electric demonstrator aircraft the company is developing to fast-track expertise in electric propulsion and stimulate a UK-based supply chain in ...

When people think of Rolls-Royce, they very rarely think of it as being a brand on the cutting edge of technology. That's probably because they're thinking of that other Rolls-Royce, the one that ...

Rolls-Royce wants to create the 'fastest electric plane ever,' a goal that falls under its Accelerating the Electrification of Flight (ACCEL) initiative. The project is part of Rolls-Royce's mission ...

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed taxi tests of the electric-powered aircraft it is developing under the ACCEL technology research programme, as it bids to perform a delayed first flight later ...

Rolls Royce is trying to make history. On Wednesday, the British industrial technology company announced plans to fly an in-development electric airplane over Great Britain in 2020, reaching a top ...

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LONDON—Rolls-Royce is planning to make the first flight of its ACCEL high-speed electric-powered aircraft later this year. The company had hoped to fly ACCEL, based on a Nemesis NXT racing aircraft, ...

The Spirit of Innovation aircraft is an NXT Next kitplane fitted with electric motors, inverters and 1,200 battery cells that Rolls-Royce says has the highest power density yet assembled for aviation ...

Rolls-Royce will next month transfer the electric-powered aircraft it is developing under its ACCEL project to Boscombe Down airfield in Wiltshire as it prepares for an attempt on the speed record for ...