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How Electric Jet Startup Lilium is Rethinking Aviation


Andrew Welling, Head of Program Management at electric jet startup Lilium, talks about how their jets take off and land, the problems that arise from running on batteries, who will be able to use their service, and why the design of their aircraft is innovative.

Michelle Kung

Michelle Kung

Michelle Kung currently works in startup content at AWS and was previously the head of content at Index Ventures. Prior to joining the corporate world, Michelle was a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, the founding Business Editor at the Huffington Post, a correspondent for The Boston Globe, a columnist for Publisher’s Weekly and a writer at Entertainment Weekly.