Rolls-Royce-led electric speed record aircraft project gets support from Jaguar Land Rover

UK-based global industrial technology group Rolls-Royce announced on Tuesday that its all-electric aircraft world speed record project was now also being supported by automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (a UK subsidiary of India’s Tata Motors). The Rolls-Royce-led ‘Accelerating the Electrification of Flight’ (Accel) team has developed the ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft specifically to set a new electric-powered aircraft speed record. Jaguar Land Rover has now lent the Accel project ...

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