# Lilium plans €400M eVTOL aircraft factory in France

Lilium plans to build a €400 million factory in France for high-volume manufacturing of the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft, creating up to 850 jobs. A final site selection is expected in the coming weeks.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-05-13
- Where: Nouvelle Aquitaine region (shortlisted), France
- Value: $430.0M (400.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 850
- Status: announced
- Products: Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Lilium](https://endata.com/companies/48544.md)

## Sources

- [aerospacetestinginternational.com](https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/drones-air-taxis/lilium-picks-france-for-evtol-aircraft-factory-site.html), 2024-05-13: "The manufacturing site will expand the 'high-volume manufacturing capacity' for the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft and create up to 850 new jobs."

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