Solar Aircraft Idea Taking Flight; Google In Pursuit

By | August 21, 2015

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Overheated lithium batteries for the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 this summer forced the single-seat experimental plane to sit out the winter in a hangar in Hawaii, part-way through its historic round-the-world flight. But dreams of solar-powered flight are taking off despite this grounding. An unlikely, but well-heeled trio of corporate giants has an interest in Swiss-based Solar Impulse’s progress. Google (GOOGL), Facebook (FB) and Airbus Group Scalper1 News

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