Skip to main content

Volocopter

See All Stories

Volocopter’s future hangs on investors amid insolvency proceedings

Volocopter air taxi insolvency evtol industry crisis

German air taxi pioneer Volocopter has hit a financial snag, filing for insolvency as it struggles to secure new funding. The company, known for its cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, says operations will continue while it seeks investors to stay on track for a planned market debut in 2025.

Expand Expanding Close

Volocopter, short on partners, pauses Singapore air taxi plan: report

Volocopter Singapore air taxi

European urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter is experiencing unexpected turbulence in its efforts to roll out initial air taxi services around the world, with its launch project in Singapore reportedly having been put on hold just as its plans to debut aerial activity in Paris have met sharp political opposition.

Expand Expanding Close

Volocopter adds emergency medical response to diversifying air taxi uses

Volocopter air taxi medical

Urban air mobility startup Volocopter is finding additional ways to expand uses for its battery-powered craft beyond its principal air taxi services, most recently through a new deal concluded with fellow German organization ADAC Luftrettung to deploy the planes in emergency medical response.

Expand Expanding Close

Air taxi developer Volocopter starts eVTOL air taxi certification process in Japan

Volocopter air taxi medical

German developer of electic vertical of takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), Volocopter, has reenergized its longstanding activities in Japan by commencing the certification process of its VoloCity air taxi in the country, concurrent to similar work with three other regulatory bodies already under way.

Expand Expanding Close

Volocopter eVTOL in successful UTM/ATM integration trials in Paris

Volocopter UTM eVTOL

German air taxi developer Volocopter was among a group of sector companies that successfully tested the integration and use of traditional air traffic management (ATM) technology with new uncrewed traffic management (UTM) platforms designed to orchestrate the flight of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) planes.

Expand Expanding Close
Volocopter

Volocopter shares latest video update showing its eVTOL air taxi is closer than ever to reality

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter has shared a new video showcasing the time and effort the company and its staff have been putting into the flight testing campaign for the VoloCity eVTOL air taxi as it moves closer to genuine flights with human passengers. You can see it taking off and landing in real time below.

Expand Expanding Close

Volocopter projects air taxis, UAM boosting Singapore’s economy $3.1 billion by 2030

Volocopter air taxis UAM Singapore

Leading manufacturer of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, Volocopter, is relying heavily on Singapore as a base for the air taxi services it plans to launch around the world in coming years, and is now promising those flights will generate an additional $1.3 billion in economic activity for the city-state by 2030.

Expand Expanding Close