Volocopter
Volocopter, of Bruchsal, Germany, develops electric air taxis and VoloIQ, a digital platform for running urban air mobility operations. Diamond Aircraft bought its assets after its insolvency in late 2024.
Founded in 2011, it now operates as Volocopter Technologies with about 160 to 185 of its former 500 staff, after Wanfeng Auto's Diamond Aircraft paid about 10 million euros in March 2025. VoloIQ, built with Lufthansa Industry Solutions on Microsoft Azure, handles fleet service, predictive maintenance and mission planning. The VoloCity air taxi awaits EASA certification.
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Products & Solutions
3 productsVoloCity
Two-seat electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) multicopter aircraft designed for short-range urban air taxi operations in lower airspace. Features 18 fixed-pitch rotors powered by swappable lithium-ion battery packs.
Provides fast, low-noise, zero-emission intra-city passenger transport between urban hubs such as train stations and airports, bypassing congested ground infrastructure.
- 18 fixed-pitch rotors with 18 independent electric motors providing fault-tolerant redundancy
- Battery swap capability enabling rapid turnaround between flights
- Fly-by-wire control system with automatic position hold when control stick is released
- Designed for piloted operations with roadmap toward fully autonomous service
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- Over 2,000 test flights completed across multiple prototype iterations
- Design Organisation Approval (DOA) obtained from EASA
Technical specifications (12)
- Capacity: 2 seats (1 pilot + 1 passenger)
- Max take-off mass (MTOM): approximately 1,000 kg
- Operational range: approximately 20 km
- Max airspeed: 54 kn / 100 km/h
- Cruise speed: 48 kn / 90 km/h
- Number of rotors: 18
- Rotor rim diameter: 11.3 m
- Single rotor diameter: 2.3 m
- Overall height: 2.7 m
- Primary structure material: Composite
- Power supply: Battery electric (lithium-ion, swappable)
- Charging system: Battery swap with external charging station
- EASA Design Organisation Approval (DOA) obtained
- EASA Production Organisation Approval (POA) obtained
- EASA Type Certification (TC) in progress, target category EASA SC-VTOL enhanced
- FAA certification application accepted (process initiated December 2020)
VoloDrone
Uncrewed heavy-lift eVTOL cargo drone with 18 rotors and 18 electric motors. Designed for remotely piloted or pre-programmed autonomous flight to transport cargo payloads.
Enables emission-free, heavy-lift aerial cargo transport for logistics, agriculture, infrastructure inspection, and port-to-ship or island-to-island deliveries where ground transport is impractical.
- 18 rotors and 18 independent electric motors with Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) redundancy
- Swappable lithium-ion battery packs changeable in under 5 minutes
- Modular payload system: box, sling, sprayer, spreader, or custom configurations
- Remote-piloted or pre-set autonomous route operation
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- Carbon fiber composite, aircraft aluminum, and 3D-printed nylon construction
Technical specifications (12)
- Maximum payload: 200 kg
- Maximum take-off weight: 800 kg
- Range: 40 km
- Flight time: approximately 30 minutes
- Cruise speed: 80 km/h
- Maximum speed: 110 km/h
- Diameter: 9.2 m
- Height: 2.3 m
- Propellers: 18 fixed-pitch
- Electric motors: 18 brushless DC
- Landing gear: Fixed skid
- Battery type: Lithium-ion exchangeable packs
VoloIQ
Cloud-based digital operations platform serving as the software backbone for Volocopter's urban air mobility ecosystem.
Provides integrated digital management and real-time transparency across the full UAM operational stack, from aircraft fleet monitoring and maintenance to passenger booking, airspace coordination, and eventual autonomous operations transition.
- Real-time fleet monitoring and flight management across VoloCity and VoloDrone aircraft
- Booking and e-commerce module for passenger services
- Commercial scheduling and operational network planning
- Flight planning and airspace digital twin capabilities
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- Vehicle data logging and analytics
- VoloPort ground infrastructure management
- AI-powered operational optimization
- Modular architecture enabling phased deployment from crewed to autonomous operations
- Weather condition monitoring integration
Technical specifications (3)
- Cloud platform: Microsoft Azure
- Architecture: Modular, cloud-based
- Operations scope: Fleet management, airspace management, ground infrastructure, passenger services
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