Photo Credit:Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] German-developed Lilium eVTOL, literally never got off the ground

The Worrisome Trend of the eVTOL Business Model

12 Oct 2025 | Abstracted from Commercial UAV News

eVTOL aircraft face serious business viability issues. GlobeAir's CEO stated there's "no business case" for wide-scale adoption after a failed Lilium partnership. The main problem: battery technology and lack of charging infrastructure at airports make operations economically unviable with "insane" hourly battery replacement costs. Aviation is already a low-margin business, and experimental technology faces high insurance costs.

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