The capital of electric cars is turning to electric planes

As the smooth, white dragonfly of an aircraft flew over the Norwegian coastline, only a low hum could be heard from its engine. On its tail, a single propeller spun as it soared over fjords, forested hills and salmon farms in the North Sea. Powered by electricity, the Alia CX 300 passed lonely islands, the type of locations that Norway hopes this plane could one day soon connect. The test flight was the first time an electric plane had flown from one major city to another in Norway, showing that...