{"id":8931,"date":"2025-10-17T02:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/defunct-electric-aircraft-startup-liliums-tech-lives-on-over-at-archer\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T02:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:49:32","slug":"defunct-electric-aircraft-startup-liliums-tech-lives-on-over-at-archer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/defunct-electric-aircraft-startup-liliums-tech-lives-on-over-at-archer\/","title":{"rendered":"Defunct electric aircraft startup Lilium\u2019s tech lives on over at Archer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Electric aircraft startup Lilium may have ceased operations a year ago, but its insolvency filing wasn’t quite the end of the German-based company. <\/p>\n

There were multiple failed attempts to restructure the company, including a last-ditch effort by Mobile Uplift Corporation, a company set up by investors from Europe and North America, to acquire the operating assets of the startup’s two subsidiaries. Ultimately, a bankruptcy administrator put the company’s assets through a competitive bid process. <\/p>\n

Now, some of its tech will live on over at Archer Aviation, which beat out Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S.-based Joby Aviation with the winning bid of €18 million ($21 million) for all 300 of Lilium’s patent assets. Joby confirmed it participated in the bid.<\/p>\n

Lilium, which was founded in 2015, was developing a vertical take-off and landing aircraft with speeds of up to 100 km\/h. The company raised more than $1 billion from investors before going public in 2021 on the Nasdaq via a merger with Qell, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). While it managed to land high-profile investors like Tencent and lock in customers, including an order for 100 electric jets from Saudi Arabia, it burned through cash long before it could deliver a product.<\/p>\n

The patents span critical eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) technologies, including high-voltage systems, flight controls, ducted fans, and advanced aircraft design, according to an Archer spokesperson. The new patents represent a “strong addition” to Archer’s growing IP portfolio, which now totals more than 1,000 global patent assets, the spokesperson noted in an email.<\/p>\n

What Archer plans to do with those patents isn’t totally clear, although there are hints. Lilium’s electric ducted fans would be a good application for light-sport or regional electric flight — which goes beyond Archer’s original mission.<\/p>\n

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Archer, which went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, initially focused on developing an air taxi network. It added a defense program in December, which included an exclusive deal with weapons manufacturer Anduril to jointly develop a hybrid gas-and-electric-powered VTOL aircraft for critical defense applications. <\/p>\n

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Electric aircraft startup Lilium may have ceased operations a year ago, but its insolvency filing wasn’t quite the end of the German-based company. There were multiple failed attempts to restructure the company, including a last-ditch effort by Mobile Uplift Corporation, a company set up by investors from Europe and North America, to acquire the operating…<\/p>\n

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