Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM),\ncompleted its first flight test at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport (DMH) in New\nYork City (NYC) with its crewed Volocopter 2X. Hosted by the Mayor of New York\nCity, Eric Adams, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation\n(NYCEDC), the Volocopter 2X participated in the world’s largest and first\npublic event showcasing multiple electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)\naircraft in a city. Volocopter has now successfully and safely conducted\nflights in the heart of two of the busiest metropolitan hubs of the world, NYC\nand Singapore. The success of this flight is an affirmation of the company’s\nskillfulness to bring safe, quiet, and sustainable UAM to megacities worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the iconic Lower Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn\nBridge in the background, the Volocopter 2X electric air taxi flew in a smooth\nand quiet manner. Volocopter’s multicopter design is particularly suited for\nurban missions, producing zero emissions in flight and little noise pollution\nin a busy metropolis like NYC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the public showcase, the City of New York\noutlined a new vision for the future of the Downtown Manhattan Heliport,\nseeking to reduce emissions, noise pollution, and improve the residents’\nquality of life. It aims to reshape heliports such as DMH to accommodate eVTOL\naircraft to diversify the city’s mobility options to reduce congestion, while\nstill meeting the transport needs of one of the busiest cities in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Adams Administration has been a leader in driving\ntechnology innovation and economic growth while simultaneously improving\nquality of life,” said New York City Economic Development Corporation\n(NYCEDC) President & CEO Andrew Kimball. “EDC’s new strategy for the\nDowntown Manhattan Heliport reflects these priorities while making it an\nindustry leader in the embrace of eVTOLS \u2013 a quieter and greener helicopter\nalternative \u2013 while at the same time facilitating maritime freight with last\nmile e-bike deliveries that takes trucks off the roads.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A New York City flight has always been on Volocopter’s\nmind when designing an eVTOL that could be safe and quiet enough to fly its\nbusy skies,” said Christian Bauer, Managing Director of Volocopter.\n“Our flight in NYC proves that we have everything required to make this\nemerging technology flourish in this city. This event was an amazing\nopportunity to showcase how electric air taxis can elevate the quality of life\nin a city that never sleeps. We are confident this will open doors to air taxi\ncommercial operations in more cities in the U.S., and we look forward to flying\nagain soon in the Big Apple”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, Volocopter conducted its maiden U.S. flight in Las\nVegas. Since then, it has flown in Oshkosh, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Tampa,\nand now in NYC. Volocopter expects to receive a final certification of its\ncommercial eVTOL aircraft, the VoloCity, from the European Union Aviation\nSafety Agency (EASA) in 2024. The company is also in the concurrent validation\nprocess with the FAA, which was submitted in 2020, and has been working with\nboth authorities to bring urban air mobility to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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