AeroVironment, Inc.

All charged up

Ability to recharge rapidly could make electric cars more acceptable to consumers, says MIT student team.

The future of electric aircraft

It can only fly for 15 minutes but it is a breakthrough all the same. Improved batteries have finally made a manned electric helicopter a reality.

Electric Vehicles but not as we know them

The increasing variety of applications of electric vehicle technology.

The glamorous world of energy harvesting

Energy harvesting is the use of ambient energy to create electricity for small or mobile equipment and it started with such things as the bicycle dynamo and the piezoelectric gas lighter.

The rise and rise of AeroVironment

AeroVironment Inc., is a producer of energy efficient electric systems. For example it has carried out major projects for the US Military including unmanned solar powered aircraft that stay aloft for long periods.