Lilium Jet has been very measured and selective about how it communicates its plans to develop distinctive its ducted-fan eVTOL aircraft. For months, it seemed the German company could not be comment publicly on its plans. Then rivals like Volocopter and EHang started getting extensive media coverage and a few drips of information were released to the media. So when I saw the link below to a presentation given in the first week of November 2019 at the Web Summit in Portugal's capital Lisbon, I was eager to hear how illuminating Lilium Jet CEO Daniel Wiegand might be. The Lilium founder was joined on the stage by David Wallerstein, the self-styled chief exploration officer with one of Lilium's main financial backers, Tencent.
The carefully scripted presentation largely sought to convey the Lilium belief system, with an evangelistic pitch about the anticipated role of eVTOL aircraft in the "Green Revolution." I craved more detail on how the ambitious development program is actually progressing, but the 20-minute investment did provide some worthwhile insights into the corporate culture at Lilium and Tencent. "Smooth, digital, elegant and exciting," were Wiegand's key adjectives in describing what he sees Lilium Jet bringing to consumers. He spoke compellingly about how a student pipe dream, inspired by seeing the V-22 Osprey military tiltrotor, led him to his mission of providing a transformational transportation experience to unlock the worsening gridlock gripping mankind's seemingly unstoppable urbanization.
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