Wired

Lilium's futuristic electric plane is about to get a big design overhaul

Lilium wants to change the way we travel. By developing a new type of hybrid aircraft, one that has vertical take-off and landing capability as well as a fixed wing for fast flight, it hopes to make ...
New Atlas

The extraordinary batteries Lilium will use for its odd eVTOL approach

With tiny, ducted electric "jets" instead of exposed propellers, Lilium's eVTOL aircraft looks incredible, but it'll place a unique strain on its batteries. Lilium has invested millions into a company ...
Forbes

Lilium’s New Course: On Verge Of Going Public, It’s Working On A Bigger Air Taxi. Can It Deliver?

Lilium is now planning to go to market with a larger version of the five-seat electric air taxi that it has been promoting for the past two years. T he German electric air taxi developer Lilium, after ...
New Atlas

Lilium's 7-seat eVTOL is more like an air minibus than an air taxi

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 ...
Yahoo Finance

Full-scale Lilium Jet model to be unveiled for the first time at EBACE2024

MUNICH, Germany, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lilium N.V. (NASDAQ: LILM), developer of the first all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) jet and global pioneer in Regional Air ...
Transport Topics

German Flying Taxi Firm Lilium May File for Insolvency

Lilium NV said its main subsidiaries may be forced to file for insolvency proceedings within days as the electric flying taxi firm struggles to raise enough funding to continue operations. The ...
Yahoo Finance

EVTOL Company Lilium Announces SPAC Merger: What Investors Should Know

An electric vertical take-off and landing jet company is going public via SPAC with a merger announced Tuesday morning. Qell Acquisition's leader is former General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) North ...
NBC New York

Lilium was once a promising ‘air taxi' startup worth billions. Now it's on the brink of insolvency

German aerospace startup Lilium faces insolvency if it doesn't raise emergency funding from the state government for the southeastern state of Bavaria. Insolvency would mark a dramatic fall for a ...
Forbes

Lilium Says Its Electric Aircraft Has Pulled Off The Key Maneuver In Its Ambitious Design

Lilium workers assemble a prototype of its five-seat electric aircraft. Lilium says it’s hit a key milestone in flight testing an electric aircraft designed to balance two goals that are difficult to ...
Wired

Lilium's flying taxi is finally here. But the war for the skies is fierce

A sleek aircraft rises from the ground — wobbling at first but then confidently hovering in the air above the launch pad — before gently returning to the tarmac. A room packed with engineers erupts in ...
Electrek

Lilium’s new all-electric five-seater air taxi prototype completes test flight

Lilium has unveiled a new all-electric air taxi prototype, a jet-powered five-seater that’s the first of its kind. The Lilium Jet prototype completed its first successful test flight earlier this ...
CNBC

Flying taxis could lift off in six years — here's how much it'll cost to ride one

Lilium hopes to make an affordable air taxi service that operates similarly to ride-hailing apps like Uber. An executive says it can take New Yorkers from Manhattan to JFK Airport within six minutes ...