German media have reported that advanced air mobility developer Volocopter’s bid to gain up to €100 million ($107 million) in government loan guarantees has failed, putting the late-stage start-up in ...

Urban air mobility (UAM) company Volocopter announced this week that they have entered a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, aimed at developing an aerospace cloud system in Microsoft Azure. If ...

Volocopter’s flying taxi is up, up and away. The German startup, which is one of the pioneers in urban air mobility, just shared a video of the fully electric “VoloCity” air taxi successfully ...

German-based Volocopter GmbH has canceled its plans to go public via its anticipated merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Despite gaining strong institutional investor backing and ...

German air taxi developer Volocopter has launched a new, larger electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft called VoloConnect, with a goal of having the new design flying passengers in ...

Volocopter is one of many companies working on building a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) “drone taxi” for urban mobility, but regulatory hurdles mean it’s likely to be some time before we see ...

A feasibility study modeled on Volocopter's VoloCity multirotor electric air taxi has concluded that electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft would benefit emergency air rescue services. Now ...

German urban air mobility company Volocopter just announced that the four-seater VoloConnect aircraft completed its first flight in May. The VoloConnect, an electric fixed-wing passenger aircraft ...

Vertical take-off and landing machines: So many companies have started to pour an incredible number of resources into these contraptions with the big bet that these "flying taxis" will be the next big ...

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Volocopter, the German ...

Christian Bauer of Volocopter shows off the battery packs in a mock-up of their short range e-VTOL in its first showing in the USA at CoMotion LA It’s been estimated that around 300 different ...

Urban air mobility company Volocopter has focused its efforts to date on getting its passenger electric drone business off the ground — literally, in fact. But now, the German startup has unveiled a ...