Volocopter, an aircraft manufacturer that calls itself a pioneer in urban air travel, has raised $170 million in a Series E funding round, the company announced Friday (March 4). The German firm said the cash will be used to help license Volocopter’s electric passenger air taxi...
Funny how with regular cars we call it “ridesharing” whereas up in the sky the word “taxi” still describes new copter-like vehicles meant to take for-hire mobility into the clouds. Advanced air mobility (AAM) company Wisk Aero, a joint venture formed in 2019 between Boeing...
Urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter is teaming up with Urban Movement Labs (UML) in Los Angeles to explore air mobility in the LA area. Christian Bauer, Volocopter’s chief commercial officer, said that collaborating with UML offers a “great entryway” to bring Volocopter’s UAM services to...
Everyone’s been there. Sitting in the backseat of a rideshare vehicle, or maybe in the driver’s seat of a car, desperately looking back and forth between the clock and the stopped dead traffic in whatever major metro in which the workplace, meeting or flight is...
April 12, 2021
Everyone’s been there. Sitting in the backseat of a rideshare vehicle, or maybe in the driver’s seat of a car, desperately looking back and forth between the clock and the stopped dead traffic in whatever major metro in which the workplace, meeting or flight is located. But not everyone in said stressful situation has turned […]
September 12, 2019
This might still sound like science fiction to many people, but the race for flying-taxi dominance is on and is gaining fresh fuel as the new decade looms. The results...
March 04, 2022
Volocopter, an aircraft manufacturer that calls itself a pioneer in urban air travel, has raised $170 million in a Series E funding round, the company announced Friday (March 4). The German firm said the cash will be used to help license Volocopter’s electric passenger air taxi and make it available for commercial launch in cities worldwide. […]
September 16, 2021
Urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter is teaming up with Urban Movement Labs (UML) in Los Angeles to explore air mobility in the LA area. Christian Bauer, Volocopter’s chief commercial officer,...
March 18, 2021
Germany’s flying taxi startup Volocopter is looking to raise new capital as it ponders the possibility of going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Reuters reported on Thursday...
March 03, 2021
German urban air mobility (UAM) startup Volocopter has raised €200 million, or $240 million, to help certify and launch its battery-powered city air taxi, VoloCity. The company expects the air...
