[2] Borschberg is the co-founder and executive chairman of H55, a company that developes electric propulsion technology for the aviation industry[3] and serves as a member of the World Economic Forum Community of Experts.

[7] For his role in delivering and piloting Solar Impulse, Borschberg was jointly awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 2018, with Bertrand Piccard.

Solar Impulse, piloted alternately by André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard, made its first intercontinental flight in 2012 from Switzerland (Payerne) to Madrid, and then on to Morocco.

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the two pilots, flew from San Francisco to New York, stopping over in cities along the way.

In 2015 and 2016, Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard piloted Solar Impulse 2, completing the first-ever solar-powered flight around the world.

In 2017, Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard released an autobiographical book titled Objectif Soleil, about their experience through the Solar Impulse project.