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2 WHY BATTERY ELECTRIC FLIGHT?
Batteries offer highest overall efficiency -
any flight that can be done using batteries will be done with batteries
Primary Energy Efficiency¹
Electricity Price ²
Cost/kWh shaft power
Flight Range 5
LILIUM
Batteries
73%
- $0.5 / kWh ³
1,100 (2040) -
2,000 km (2050)
E-Hydrogen.
emission
22%
~ $0.36 / kWh
- $1.7/kWh³
Up to 3,400 km
Covers ~80% of all scheduled
commercial flights
E-Fuels (SAF)
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Aviation
Fuels
13%
- $2.8/kWh
Up to 16,000 km
Sources: 1. WTT (World Bank, LBST, IEA), TTW, T&E calculations, Swiss Federal Office for Civil Aviation; 2. Statista; 3. Does not consider material cost for depletion of battery cells or fuel cells; 4. Transportation
Research Procedia, Volume 59 (2021) 253-259, Jet A1 Fuel; 5. International Council on Clean Transportation and Lilium internal assessment
Kerosene (today)
50%
- $0.5/kWh4
Up to 16,000 km
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