Electric Planes

In the essence of hybrid, solar and electric automobiles, there has been a distinct critical effort in making air transportation green and e-friendly.

Similar to electric vehicle technology, aviators are being designed in ways that the propellers save energy, boosting the batteries while descending, as seen in electric cars while braking.

Also, hybrid aircrafts use a small combustion engine as a "range extender", generating power to the electric motor.

Here are two examples -



Yuneec International - http://yuneeccouk.site.securepod.com/



Lange Aviation - http://www.lange-aviation.com/

Pictures taken from - http://gabinete.org.ar/Setiembre_2009/yuneec-e430.jpg and http://news.cnet.com/i/ne/p/2008/Antares20E_550x412.jpg