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While Volocopter claimed it had completed 75% of the EASA certification process for the VoloCity, the lack of fresh capital left it unable to cross the finish line. Over its 13-year journey ...

the VoloCity, promised to deliver zero-emission air travel and had made significant progress toward receiving certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Volocopter even ...

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With Airbus, Lilium and Volocopter, three German companies are involved in the race for the first market-ready air taxi. In addition to the technology itself, the multi-year certification and ...

Lilium went bankrupt in the latter half of 2024 but is now to be rescued by investors with a financial injection of 200 million euros. Volocopter, on the other hand, went bankrupt at the end of 2024 ...

Germany’s Volocopter filed for insolvency in December, Airbus SE shelved its eVTOL program last month and Lilium NV is scrambling for funding. Vertical has hired some workers from its European and US ...