Electric Aircraft Upstarts Take Center Stage At Paris Airshow

Paris Air Show 2023

Electric VTOL Upstarts Take Center Stage in City of Light

In a historic moment, Volocopter's eVTOL aircraft opened the flying display, silently demonstrating how these vehicles could transform crowded cities.

Volocopter 2X eVTOL aircraft — Volocopter's 2X eVTOL aircraft opened the Paris Airshow flying display. (Image: AIN/David McIntosh)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

June 20, 2023

The eVTOL aircraft upstarts breezed into the French capital this week demonstrating at the 2023 Paris Airshow that their time has come. The attention-grabbing new electric vehicles that promise to revolutionize the way people and things move around truly claimed their place on the aerospace world stage, with Volocopter’s 2X model silently opening the daily flying display.

The two-seat air taxi, which the German company intends to bring to market as the VoloCity, is due back in Paris next year for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Re.Invent Mobility exercise, which will see it used for flights connecting Charles de Gaulle Airport and the Media Village hosted at Le Bourget Airport. It might also be pressed into emergency medical services, with Germany's ambulance group ADAC announcing today a partnership with Volocopter that could see it add up to 150 VoloCity vehicles to its fleet.

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