Startup: Zunum Aero

The Verge (New York, April 5) – A Kirkland, Washington, startup called Zunum Aero plans to build a fleet of hybrid electric jets to sell to major carriers for service on densely traveled regional routes. The company’s co-founders include Kiruba Haran, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois who leads a NASA-funded program to develop electric airliners. Also: USA Today (April 5), Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle, April 5), VentureBeat (April 5), Yahoo Finance (April 5), Business Insider (April 5), Fast Company (April 5), Greentech Media (April 5), ZDNet (April 5), Condé Nast Traveler (April 5), CosmicNovo (April 5), Quartz (April 5), Digital Trends (April 5), CNet (April 5), TechCrunch (April 5), The Verge (April 5), Mashable (April 5), International Business Times (April 5), GeekWire (April 5), Forbes (April 6), Engadget (April 6), Zee News (April 6), Tech Times (April 6), Thje Seattle Times (April 6), TravelersToday (April 6), Times of India (April 6), 3ders.org (blog, April 6), Wired (April 12).