Volocopter - the "green" helicopter of the future

October 21, 2011: The first manned flight world-wide with a purely electrically powered Volocopter succeeded. The invention of the Volocopter has been celebrated globally as pioneer work in aviation.

At the moment we build the VC200, the first Volocopter to carry two persons. This aircraft convinced the supreme authority for aviation in Germany to such an extent that it has commissioned the creation of a new national category in aviation. We will make the maden flight with the VC200 in fall 2013.

General News

e-volo wins the online voting for the “Germany’s green carpet”

“Germany’s green carpet” The GreenTec Awards – the show of Europe’s largest environmental and economic price - will be celebrated on August 30th, 2013 in Berlin. The award ceremony is also known as “Germany’s green carpet”. The guests of the GreenTec Awards go on organic natural…

Developement News

e-volo to get aviation category of its own

Trial programme for new aviation category has kicked off! e-volo, the Karlsruhe-based company, made global aviation history last year by successfully operating the world’s first manned flight by means of a purely electronically powered, vertical take-off Volocopter, the VC1. As the federal ministry of economics and technology…