Volocopter, the Saudi-backed pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), has announced the opening of its production facilities in Bruchsal, Germany.
At the facility Volocopter will make more than 50 flying taxis per year, which will be shipped to locations including NEOM in Saudi Arabia.
The company opened a new hangar that will host the its final assembly line with an airfield to conduct development flight tests as well as quality checks.
Volocopter flying taxi production
All company-owned production sites, which will manufacture the first EASA-certified electric air taxis, will ramp up into full operation this month.
From this facility, electric air taxis made in Germany will be deployed across the world, offering commercial services starting next year.
Volocopter’s production facilities have the capacity and regulatory approval to assemble more than 50 VoloCity aircraft each year.
This is the final step of the production setup that Volocopter has been expanding in Bruchsal over the past 18 months.
Since 2021, the company holds an approval as production organisation in compliance with EASA regulation. This certification covers the entire VoloCity production process.
It includes the manufacturing of carbon fibre parts, all aspects of the electric propulsion unit, final assembly with decking of the propulsion system and fuselage, and extensive end-of-line flight tests.
Dirk Hoke, CEO, said: “Right here is where the aircraft that will change how humanity moves about cities will take off and make its way across the world.
“Electric air taxis and Volocopter in particular are a technology made in Germany that will make the world a more sustainable place.”
Volocopter develops electrically powered air taxis that are set to transform urban transportation.
With its family of aircraft (the VoloCity, VoloRegion, and VoloDrone), the company takes a unique approach by developing UAM as a holistic ecosystem.
As well as Neom, Saudi Arabia the German company has committed to launching commercial air taxi services in Singapore, Rome and Paris as early as 2024.
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