{"id":580548,"date":"2023-06-28T15:02:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/flying-car-startup-eyes-2025-takeoff-following-us-eu-certification\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:02:39","slug":"flying-car-startup-eyes-2025-takeoff-following-us-eu-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/flying-car-startup-eyes-2025-takeoff-following-us-eu-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"#Flying car startup eyes 2025 takeoff following US, EU certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flying cars have captured the public imagination for decades, but have yet to enter the mainstream. However, with investors <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/aerospace-and-defense\/our-insights\/future-air-mobility-blog\/future-air-mobility-funding-continues-to-flow-after-outlier-year-2021\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pouring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cash into the sector, could the 2020s be the decade when sci-fi vision becomes reality? German startup Lilium certainly hopes so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The startup announced this week that the design of its <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet has been <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal Aviation Administration (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAA<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Lilium\u2019s primary airworthiness authority, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), issued its approval \u2014 known as a \u2018certification basis\u2019 \u2014 for the jet in 2020.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lilium, which has raised a whopping $1bn to date since its founding in 2015, has developed an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eVTOL jet \u2014 which differs from the helicopter-style craft developed by most eVTOL startups \u2014\u00a0 that it hopes will take passengers faster and further than the competition. It aims to begin commercial flights from late 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397786 js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fdeep-tech%2F2023%2F06%2F28%2Fflying-car-startup-eyes-2025-takeoff-following-us-eu-certification%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: A prototype of the Lilium jet during a test flight in Spain last year. Credit: Lilium\" data-title=\"Share A prototype of the Lilium jet during a test flight in Spain last year. Credit: Lilium on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share A prototype of the Lilium jet during a test flight in Spain last year. Credit: Lilium on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>A prototype of the Lilium jet during a test flight in Spain last year. Credit: Lilium<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397786\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-280x158.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-796x448.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2023\/06\/Lilium_FlightTest_Spain_04-1200x675.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the startup has little control over this timeline, regulators do.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Regulators oversee every component of these machines, from the engines to software, and make the final call of whether an aircraft meets all the stringent requirements for commercial flight.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/events.tnw\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The &lt;3 of EU tech<\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieving certification basis is the first step on this complicated, and expensive, journey. Essentially it means that both the FAA and the EASA have approved Lilium\u2019s jet design as commercially viable. However, there are still three more steps to go before the authorities issue a type certificate \u2014 the golden ticket to the skies. The certification process can cost hundreds of millions of dollars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the hurdles ahead, Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe is confident. \u201cReceiving the FAA G-1 demonstrates the Lilium Jet\u2019s path to global acceptance by aerospace regulators and the expected start of global operations in late 2025 for the revolutionary Lilium Jet,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether the startup can secure enough of a runway to pay for certification, while growing its team and developing its product, is anyone\u2019s guess. But if the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">track record<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of other eVTOL ventures is anything to go by, I would take Lilium\u2019s 2025 target with a pinch of salt. <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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