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Lilium has become the latest eVTOL manufacturer to announce a significant provisional aircraft sale – this time, a 220-unit, billion-dollar deal with Azul in Brazil, which values the electric seven-seat Lilium Jets at around US$4 million apiece.Continu… Continue reading Lilium touts billion-dollar, 220-unit eVTOL sale to Brazilian airline
Before electric VTOL air taxis have a chance to start changing modern life as we know it, any company that wants to manufacture one has to go through the extremely expensive and exacting process of commercial aircraft certification with one or more fli… Continue reading Lilium’s CPO on the massively expensive challenge of eVTOL certification
Following the reveal of its impressive 7-seat eVTOL jet back in March, Lilium has announced that the flight control systems and avionics for its futuristic air taxi will be provided by aerospace firm Honeywell. These systems will be tailored specifical… Continue reading Honeywell to provide flight controls for Lilium’s 7-seat air taxi
Small fans, all things considered, deliver thrust less efficiently than big ones. Lilium might have the best-looking aircraft in the eVTOL game, but it uses 36 tiny fans where competitors use six to eight larger ones, and that’s got the odd chin waggin… Continue reading Lilium’s weird, energy-hungry “small fan” design could be a hidden ace
Germany’s Lilium has announced a 7-seat version of its gorgeous eVTOL air taxi, as well as plans to have a commercial operation up and running by 2024. Oh, and like approximately every other eVTOL company, it’s headed to the NASDAQ through a SPAC.Conti… Continue reading Lilium’s 7-seat eVTOL is more like an air minibus than an air taxi
After recently revealing plans to have a flying taxi station ready for action in Florida midway through the decade, eVTOL startup Lilium has expanded on this vision, signing an agreement to build a network of at least 10 so-called vertiports across the… Continue reading Lilium expands flying taxi vision with 10 stations planned for Florida
Lilium is one of a number of startups working to make flying taxis a reality, and is now offering folks a new look at its vision by divulging plans for its first transport hub in the US. The company’s first “vertiport” is planned for Orlando, Florida, … Continue reading Lilium plans a flying taxi “vertiport” for Florida in 2025
Like a number of others in the field, German startup Lilium is out to shake up the world of aviation with an all-electric air taxi, and has just picked up a little more momentum by way of an additional US$35-million investment. This latest injection of… Continue reading Fresh investment gives flying taxi startup Lilium a little more lift