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SkyZero Podcast

SkyZero Podcast

By: Kyle Hodgson
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SkyZero.io is the source for intelligence on electrified aviation. Our podcast focuses on in depth interviews with leaders in the electrified aviation space.

Hosted by Kyle Hodgson, founder @ SkyZero.io

https://skyzero.io

https://skyzero.substack.com

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Episodes
  • Urban Skylab: Drones, eVTOLS sharing city airspace
    May 11 2026

    In Season Two, we begin tackling the biggest piece of electric aviation - the unmanned kind. Vries Strookman's work with the Urban Sky Lab is world leading in terms of thinking through how cities should approach the challenge.

    Mentioned:

    • Kennedy Approach: https://www.kennedyapproach.nl/
    • Opposing Bases Podcast: https://www.opposingbases.com/
    • Arcam: https://arcam.nl/
    • Fabrications: https://www.fabrications.nl/

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    52 mins
  • Back to the future of aviation charging with Jurjen de Jong
    Dec 14 2025

    Jurjen de Jong is an absolute charging pioneer - he founded the GreenFlux EV charging company in 2008 - this is 12 years before the Model Y, and 3 years before even the Nissan Leaf. As such, the decisions they made led to standards that are still in place - the Type 2 AC charging connector for instance. And there was no integration standard, so they had to develop OCPP, now the global standard. While OCPP started in EU, it was picked up by California early and eventually the USA, Canada, even China.

    It was super eye opening for me to talk to someone who was there. We talk through the differences and the similarities between aviation and automotive charging, and even talk standards, debating CSS and GEACS, and which missions each is best suited for.

    For more:

    • https://nrg2fly.com/
    • https://efc.aero/
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Why did Heart Aerospace change their all electric airliner to hybrid electric?
    Dec 5 2025

    When I talked to Ben Stabler at Heart Aerospace, it finally clicked for me why they scrapped the all electric ES-19 design for the "independent hybrid" ES-30 - its all about IFR reserves and regional airliner economics - and it turns out those turboprops might not be used much... but they're a mass savings, not dead weight. How?

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    11 mins
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