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ABB To Develop MegaWatt Charging Points for Lilium Jets
The planned charging points will built to common standards so that other electric vehicles, including other eVTOL models, can use the same infrastructure at vertiports.
Lilium vertiport
The eVTOL aircraft parking bays at Lilium's planned networks of vertiports will be fitted with charging points developed by ABB E-Mobility. (Image: Lilium)

ABB E-mobility is developing MegaWatt fast-charging equipment for Lilium’s seven-seat eVTOL aircraft. Under a provisional agreement announced on October 13, the Switzerland-based power and automation specialist will provide the infrastructure in time to support its planned launch of commercial operations in Florida, Germany, and Brazil in 2024.

The charging points are intended to be capable of fully recharging batteries in around 30 minutes, or charging up to 80 percent in 15 minutes. The German manufacturer says this will allow each of its Lilium Jets to make between 20 and 25 daily flights across its planned network of vertiports.