Rolls-Royce's electric plane Rolls-RoyceBritish engineering company Rolls-Royce presented a single-engine electric aircraft on Thursday they hope will become the world’s fastest all-electric plane. Rolls-Royce built the plane as part of Accelerating the Electrification of Flight (ACCELL), an initiative to make electric aviation a commercial reality. Earlier this month, the world’s first all-electric commercial flight took off in Canada and flew for 15 minutes. Once the epitome of luxury cars, Rolls-Royce is today the world’s second maker of aircraft engines. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is now a subsidiary of German group BMW to which the British company licensed the use of the brand.

Source: Forbes December 19, 2019 21:45 UTC