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Volocopter VoloCity
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Every Bulletin story and press release covering Volocopter VoloCity, newest first.

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2026
22 April

ReleaseVolocopter launches new product: VoloXPro. An electrically powered ultralight multicopter for air sports and professional passenger

30 January

ReleaseVolocopter has completed optimizing its supply chain

2025
18 November

ReleaseVolocopter to launch first European eVTOL Sandbox Program in 2026 featuring VoloCity and VoloXPro

3 September

ReleaseVolocopter and Euro Flight Test sign MOU to launch world's first eVTOL training courses

20 March The restructuring aims to support sustainable aviation growth in Europe.

Diamond integrates Volocopter to secure future

A restructuring secures Volocopter’s future while expanding Diamond Aircraft’s presence in the eVTOL market with VoloCity and future models.

2024
30 December

ReleaseVolocopter GmbH files for insolvency while seeking investors

28 August The DLR Institute of Aeroelasticity conducts vibration tests on Volocopter’s VoloCity air taxi.

DLR successfully tests VoloCity vibration

The Göttingen-based institute previously conducted a vibration test on a predecessor model of the VoloCity in 2021. The findings from that test have informed the development of this improved successor model.

29 February

ReleaseVolocopter receives green light for VoloCity serial production

2023
6 April VoloCity White Body at the Final Assembly Line

Factory opening sets Volocopter on track to serial production

Volocopter has committed to launching commercial air taxi services in cities like Singapore, Rome, Neom (Saudi Arabia) and Paris as early as 2024.

21 February

ReleaseVolocopter in Japan: Series E investment and regulatory pathway set

2022
1 November

ReleaseVolocopter raises additional USD 182 million in second signing of series e-financing round

22 June Diehl will also supply further sub-components for the Battery Management System for monitoring the batteries of the VoloCity.

More Diehl technology completes VoloCity flight controls

Fly-by-light control is considered is less susceptible to electromagnetic interference, for example from cell phones or transmission tower - a key safety criterion in view of the VoloCity's ops at low altitudes in cities.

9 June The prototype completed its first flight in May after just 17 months in the making.

Volocopter's four-seat contender makes first flight

Within the first three test flights, the VoloConnect team was able to verify a significant portion of the eVTOL's envelope with forward speeds up to 40 mph and 28 mph sideward flight speeds during tests.

24 March

ReleaseVolocopter conducts first crewed eVTOL flight in France

4 March

ReleaseVolocopter raises USD 170 million in first signing of Series E financing round

15 February

ReleaseSeletar Aerospace Park to support Advanced Air Mobility growth

14 February

ReleaseVolocopter expects to generate SGD 4.18 billion for Singapore by 2030

2021
16 November

ReleaseVolocopter flies over South Korea's Incheon Airport

11 November

ReleaseVolocopter conducts South Korea's first crewed public air taxi test flight

12 October

ReleaseSuccessful first public flight of Volocopter's VoloDrone

22 September

ReleaseVolocopter and Geely joint venture orders 150 Volocopter aircraft

27 July

ReleaseVolocopter takes to the skies at EAA AirVenture

8 July Volocopter secures Production Organisation Approval by acquiring DG Flugzeugbau. (Photo: Volocopter)

Volocopter takes production partner under its wing

DG Flugzeugebau will continue as an independent maintenance and development company responsible for the construction of gliders, as well as the ELA-1 aircraft. Production will be integrated into Volocopter.

8 July

ReleaseCAE and Volocopter partner to create the global air taxi pilot workforce of tomorrow

21 June

ReleaseVolocopter flies at Paris Air Forum

3 June The Volocopter heavy-lift utility VoloDrone.

Volocopter brings autonomy experts onboard for VoloDrone

Near Earth Autonomy has conducted 3,500 flights lasting over 2,000 flight hours of their autonomy system across various aircraft types, sizes, and environments in the last eight years.

17 May

ReleaseVoloConnect: expanding Volocopter's coverage of the urban air mobility ecosystem

19 April

ReleaseVolocopter and Geely present Volocopter model

16 March

ReleaseWith Crouzet, Volocopter is designing the air taxi for the cities of tomorrow

3 March

ReleaseVolocopter raises €200 million in Series D funding round

15 January

ReleaseVolocopter launches campaign to bring electric air taxi services to U.S. cities

2020
9 December

ReleaseVolocopter commits to launch air taxi services in Singapore

30 September

ReleaseVolocopter will be the first industrial player to test their full-scale electrical air taxi, the VoloCity, in the Paris Region

14 May

ReleaseContract with Volocopter marks Diehl Aviation's entry into market for urban air mobility (UAM)

7 May

ReleaseState-of-the-art seat design meets air taxi pioneer

21 February

ReleaseDB Schenker invests as Volocopter extends series C round

18 February

ReleaseVolocopter and Grab conduct air-taxi feasibility study in Southeast Asia

2019
9 December

ReleaseVolocopter first eVTOL startup to receive Design Organisation Approval by EASA

22 October

ReleaseVolocopter air taxi flies over Singapore's Marina Bay

30 August

ReleaseSuccessful integration of piloted air taxi into Air Traffic Management / UTM system

21 August

ReleaseVolocopter reveals design for new urban air mobility aircraft

12 May

ReleaseDaedalean and Volocopter conduct autonomy-enabling flight tests using artificial intelligence and computer vision technologies.

8 April

ReleaseHoneywell and Volocopter to research and develop navigation solutions for urban air mobility

2017
1 August

Release25 million Euros for Volocopter

19 June

ReleaseVolocopter as an Autonomous Air Taxi in Dubai

1 April

ReleaseWorld premiere of the Volocopter series model 2X - The flying taxi is just about to be launched onto the market