Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

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Hybrid-electric aircraft - VoltAero Cassio 1 - France

France

VoltAero (Royan) presented its hybrid-powered aircraft project made up of a combination of two electric traction engines and a propellant internal combustion engine. The successful first flight test was performed at the Royan-Médis Aérodrome in France. The start-up did not reveal details about the duration of the flight.
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Innovation Theme: Hybrid-electric aircraft, a combination of two electric traction engines and a propellant internal combustion engine.

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Chemical engineer
  • Electrochemical engineer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Mechanical engineering

Domain

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry