page_title: Zero-emissions vehicle
section_title: Air
hierarchical_section_title: Zero-emissions vehicle / Types of zero-emission vehicles / Air
caption_attribution_description: English: Solar Impulse 2, piloted by Bertrand Piccard, taking off from Payerne Air Base on 13 November 2014. Français&#160;: Solar Impulse SI2 piloté par Bertrand Piccard, décollant de la base aérienne de Payerne le 13 novembre 2014.
context_page_description: A zero-emissions vehicle, or ZEV, is a vehicle that never emits exhaust gas from the onboard source of power.
context_section_description: An electric aircraft is an aircraft powered by electric motors. Electricity may be supplied by a variety of methods including batteries, ground power cables, solar cells, ultracapacitors, fuel cells and power beaming. ... Between 2015 and 2016, Solar Impulse 2 completed a circumnavigation of the Earth using solar power.
caption: Solar Impulse 2
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