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German Emergency Medical Flight Operator ADAC Orders Two VoloCity eVTOLs
ADAC Luftrettung aims to begin air rescue operational trials with Volocopter's all-electric aircraft in 2023.
ADAC Luftrettung
German emergency medical flight operator ADAC Luftrettung plans to use Volocopter's VoloCity eVTOL aircraft in its air rescue services. (Photo: Volocopter)

German emergency medical flight service ADAC Luftrettung has reserved delivery of two Volocopter VoloCity eVTOL aircraft for operational tests in 2023. The provisional order announced on December 15 following two years of collaboration between the two companies on a plan to use the eVTOL machines to bring first responders to accident sites.

"After the groundbreaking results of our feasibility study, we are expanding our technological lead with regards to integrating multicopters in rescue services, said Frédéric Bruder, managing director of the non-profit ADAC Luftrettung. “Volocopter is the only eVTOL on the market that is advanced enough to reliably plan a test program with for our purposes,” he said. “We are excited to have secured our right to receive amongst the first VoloCity multicopters upon receipt of a type certificate.”