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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by neuronexmachina on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:15PM (#14168475)
I don't see how something like this is workable unless practical lithium-air or zinc-air batteries are developed. Looking at their founding team, I don't see any who come from a battery/electrical background, they mostly seem to be aerospace/mechanical folks.
Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by alex_hirner on Friday April 21, 2017 @05:34PM (#14169598)
Rest assured they work with a company that is really good at packaging [1]. However true, chemistry innovations will need to come from the lower end of the R&D pipeline.

[1] wrote my thesis with them, http://openbatt.org