Companies / Volocopter
Volocopter
📍 Bruchsal, Germany🗓 Founded 2011💰 $590M+
One of Europe's pioneer eVTOL companies, Volocopter operates two aircraft lines — VoloCity for short urban hops and VoloConnect for longer city-to-city routes. They performed public demonstration flights in Singapore, Dubai, and Helsinki. Facing financial pressure in 2024 but continuing development.
$590M+
Total Funding
1
Aircraft Models
4
Target Cities
4
Backers
INVESTORS & BACKERS
Geely
Intel Capital
BlackRock
DB Schenker
TARGET CITIES
Singapore, SingaporeOPERATIONAL
Dubai, UAEOPERATIONAL
Rome, ItalyANNOUNCED
Helsinki, FinlandANNOUNCED
Fleet
Volocopter VoloCity
Multirotor·semi autonomous·First flight 2019
Flight TestingEASA
2 pax
Passengers
110 km/h
Max Speed
35 km
Range
500 m
Altitude
900 kg
MTOW
18
Rotors
70 dB
Noise
2025
Cert Target
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- ·18-rotor design provides extreme redundancy — can lose multiple rotors safely
- ·Performed public demo flights in Singapore, Dubai, Helsinki, and at Monaco GP
- ·EASA Type Certification process furthest along in Europe alongside VX4
- ·Designed for tourist/luxury market — simpler 2-seat urban hops
- ·VoloConnect companion aircraft targets 100km city-to-city routes
- ·Geely (Volvo parent) is lead investor — strong manufacturing expertise
SOURCES
Volocopter EASA Type Certification application, 2021Dubai RTA partnership announcement 2020Singapore CAA operational approval for demosVolocopter Annual Report 2023