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 can carry two people, will play an essential role in upcoming urban transport.
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"Η ισχυρή οικονομική δέσμευση των νέων επενδυτών μας αποτελεί σήμα, καθώς και evidence της αυξανόμενης εμπιστοσύνης στην νεοαναδυόμενη αγορά ηλεκτρικών VTOL που θα χρησιμοποιούνται σαν προσωπικά αεροπορικά ταξί", δήλωσε ο Florian Reuter, its managing director Volocopter.
"Επιδιώξαμε σκόπιμα διαφορετικούς επενδυτές με άλλο στρατηγικό και επιχειρηματικό υπόβαθρο και ήμασταν σε θέση να το εφαρμόσουμε τέλεια με τους Daimler [και] 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 said the next step would be to further develop Volocopter in order to be ready for production 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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