Lilium, which has raised more than $100 million from investors, illustrates the high-wire act of the companies trying to live up to the hype.

目前已经筹得1亿美金的 Lilium 公司，如同大多处于聚光灯下但不想被说成炒作的公司一样，最近采取了一系列让人担忧的行动。

Lilium of Germany, Joby Aviation in California and Wisk, a joint business involving Boeing and the company Kitty Hawk, are also working on eVTOL projects.

德国的 Lilium、 加利福尼亚的 Joby Aviation 和 Wisk（波音和 Kitty Hawk 公司的联合企业）也在致力于 eVTOL 项目。

Nobody has flown inside Lilium's jet. Test flights are done remotely from the ground. But Mr. Wiegand, who was flying gliders at age 14, promises to be one of the first.

还没有人坐上过 Lilium 的喷气式飞机。 试飞是从地面远程进行的。 但是，Wiegand 14岁时就飞过滑翔机，他承诺自己将是 Lilium 飞机的第一批乘客之一。

Lilium is years away from making money and, with more than 300 employees and an expensive research and development budget, is burning through cash. Mr. Wiegand said it would have to raise more money.

Lilium 距离盈利还需要几年的时间，但目前，300多名员工和高昂的研发预算正在快速燃烧资金。 Wiegand 说他们将不得不筹集更多的钱。

If successful, he said, the jets will transform urban transportation, with customers using Lilium's app to book a flight from a network of small airports that connect suburbs, college towns and other hubs to cities.

他说，如果成功的话，喷气式飞机将改变城市交通方式，用户将使用Lilium 的应用程序预订小型机场网络的航班，这些小型机场将郊区，大学城等交通枢纽连接到城市中心。

Expectations that aerial taxis will be a reality in the coming years are quickly building. Companies like Lilium are testing their machines, laying the groundwork for wider production and starting discussions to gain support from government officials.

近年，空中的士成为现实的希望越来越浓厚。 Lilium 等公司正在测试他们的飞机，还有为更大规模的生产做准备，并积极与政府对话，希望获得行政扶持。

Lilium Aviation, a deep tech start-up building all-electric air taxi, aiming at solving urban air mobility, has started by developing a two-seater prototype, then a five-seater using real-time data of every flight to design the next version.

Lilium Aviation 是一家打造全电动空中出租车的深度科技初创公司，旨在解决城市空中交通问题， 从开发双人座原型开始，然后是五人座， 利用每次飞行的实时数据设计下一个版本。

Here are many fine meadows imbedded in the woods, gay with Lilium parvum and its companions; the elevation, about eight thousand feet, seems to be best suited for it—saw specimens that were a foot or two higher than my head.

这里有许多美丽的草地，镶嵌在树林中，长满了小百合及其伴生植物；海拔大约八千英尺，似乎最适合它——看到的标本比我的头高一两英尺。