Volocopter's dream for the creation personalized aviation appears to have taken another step forward as the company announced today that it has received a $30 million round of funding from the European automotive company Daimler.
German businessman Lukasz Gadowski also participated in the financing. The German company said it will use the money για να συνεχίσει την ανάπτυξη των ηλεκτρικών ιπτάμενων ταξί ή των ηλεκτρικών οχημάτων κάθετης απογείωσης και προσγείωσης (eVTOL από το electric vertical take-off and landing).
The company hopes that the aircraft, which can carry two people, will play an essential role in upcoming urban transport.
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"The strong financial commitment of our new investors is a signal, as well as a testament to the growing confidence in the emerging market for electric VTOLs that will be used as private air taxis," he said. Florian Reuter, its managing director Volocopter.
"We deliberately sought out different investors with a different strategic and business background and were able to implement it perfectly with Daimler [and] Lukasz Gadowski."
Volocopter says her mission is to "make everyone's dream come true and help modern cities solve growing transport issues."
The company recently announced that it will launch demonstrations of its taxi in Dubai in the fourth quarter of this year.
The company stated that the next step will be to further develop the Volocopter so that it is ready for paratreatment and circulation worldwide.
To do this, they will need to hire more engineers to speed up work in areas such as the flight system and the development of the necessary software. In addition, Volocopter said it is about to launch systematic marketing to establish its trademark.
The first licensed Volocopter will be marketed within the next year, according to the company's timetable.
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