Electric air taxi startup Lilium completes first test of its new five-seater aircraft

Electric air taxi startup Lilium completes first test of its new five-seater aircraft

German air taxi startup Lilium announced the first test of its full-scale, all-electric five-seater aircraft. It was the latest in a series of successful tests for the nascent electric flight industry, which aims to have “flying cars” whizzing above cities within the next decade.

In a video provided by the Munich-based company, Lilium’s unpiloted aircraft can be seen taking off vertically like a helicopter, hovering briefly, and then landing. It may not seem like much, but it’s a big step for the company, which hopes to launch a fully operational flying taxi service in multiple cities by 2025.

Compared to the other preproduction electric aircraft we’ve seen so far, the Lilium…

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Electric air taxi startup Lilium completes first test of its new five-seater aircraft
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