The dream of Volocopter for the creation personalized aviation seems to have gone a step further as the company announced today that it has received a $ 30 million dollar funding from European Daimler.
German businessman Lukasz Gadowski also participated in funding. The German company said it would use the money to continue the development of electric cabin taxi or electric vertical take-off and landing electric vehicles (eVTOL).
The company hopes that the aircraft, which will be able to transport two people, will play an essential role in the 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 who will speed up work in areas such as the flight system and the development of the necessary software. In addition, Volocopter stated that it is going to start systematic marketing to establish it commercial of its signal.
The first licensed Volocopter will be marketed within the next year, according to the company's timetable.
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