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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Something to look forward to: Rolls-Royce announced the 'Accelerating the Electrification of Flight' (ACCEL) program earlier this year, for its contribution towards enabling zero-emission flights of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 is designing what it hopes to be the world's fastest all-electric airplane that can reach up to 300 mph: the ACCEL, short for "Accelerating the Electrification of Flight." The aircraft's ...