Electric motors should be a lot easier to maintain. The Lilium jets also have a lot of small engines, allowing for multiple failures in flight. A lot of comme

Electric motors should be a lot easier to maintain. The Lilium jets also have a lot of small engines, allowing for multiple failures in flight. A lot of commenters are also missing the fact that Lilium plans to use pilots initially, until regulations allow for autonomous operations. (it's not mentioned in the article) I'm sure there will be plenty of problems, but it will be interesting to see if the idea is viable. I think one of the biggest deal-breakers will actually be noise. Those things are loud.