Develops and manufactures electrically powered eVTOL aircraft for passengers and cargo drones
Volocopter Technologies GmbH
Bruchsal (Headquarters) · Munich · SingaporeNew on Amplifa
About Volocopter
Volocopter Technologies GmbH (formerly e-volo GmbH, later Volocopter GmbH) is a German aviation company based in Bruchsal that develops electric VTOL aircraft (eVTOL) for passengers as well as cargo drones. Its products include the two-seater air taxi aircraft VoloCity and VoloRegion, the ultralight aircraft VoloXPro, the cargo drone VoloDrone and the digital fleet management platform VoloIQ. All aircraft are purely electrically powered, take off and land vertically, and emit no CO2 in flight. In 2011 the VC1 demonstrator completed the first manned flight of an electric multicopter (Guinness Book of Records); in 2024 the company received approval from the German Federal Aviation Authority (Luftfahrtbundesamt) for series production of the VoloCity. At the end of December 2024 Volocopter filed for insolvency and was acquired in 2025 by the Austrian aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft (owner: Wanfeng Aviation Industry). Further offices and development sites are located in Munich and Singapore.
- Site
- Bruchsal
- Processes
- Air taxi operations (planned), Pilot training, VoloIQ digital fleet management platform
- Certificates
- Design Organization Approval (DOA), EASA, Series production approval VoloCity, EASA Design Organization Approval (DOA), LBA series production approval VoloCity
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- approx. 500 (before
- Industries
- Urban Air Mobility, Aviation, Logistics (cargo drones)
- 01
Design and development (EASA DOA)
- 02
Prototype construction and testing
- 03
Certification process (EASA/FAA/LBA)
- 04
Series production
- 05
Pilot training
- 06
Fleet management (VoloIQ)
Locations
Bruchsal
DEHeadquarters
Munich
DEOffice/Development site
Singapore
SGOffice/Development site
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Certification & Airworthiness
Volocopter holds the EASA Design Organization Approval (DOA) (2019) and in February 2024 received approval from the Luftfahrtbundesamt for series production of the VoloCity. Since December 2020, a process has been under way for parallel validation of the EASA type certificate by the FAA.
| Evidence | Bruchsal |
|---|---|
| EASA Design Organization Approval (DOA) | |
| LBA series production approval VoloCity |
Company History
- 2011
First manned flight of an electric multicopter (VC1) by Thomas Senkel; entry in the Guinness Book of Records
- 2013
Renamed e-volo GmbH; crowdfunding via Seedmatch; maiden flight of the VC200 in Karlsruhe
- 2016
Provisional permit to fly (VVZ) for the VC200 issued by the DULV; first officially approved manned flight
- 2017
Renamed Volocopter GmbH; €25 million in investments, including from Mercedes-Benz Group
- 2018
Series production of the 2X, manufactured by DG Flugzeugbau
- 2019
Presentation of VoloDrone and VoloPort in Singapore; EASA DOA; €50 million financing led by Geely
- 2020
Financing round expanded to €87 million (including DB Schenker); FAA validation procedure started
- 2021
Acquisition of DG Flugzeugbau; €200 million in investments (including BlackRock, Continental, Atlantia); VoloRegion concept; failed SPAC IPO
- 2023
Bristow order for 2 VoloCity plus options; 2X flight in New York
- 2024
LBA approval for series production of the VoloCity; insolvency filing on 27.12.2024
- 2025
Acquisition by Diamond Aircraft (owner: Wanfeng Aviation Industry); workforce reduction from 500 to approx. 160 planned