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With First VoloConnect Takeoff, Volocopter Has Three eVTOL Models in Test Flights
The four-passenger VoloConnect has joined the smaller VoloCity and VoloDrone prototypes in flight testing.
Volocopter's four-passenger VoloConnect eVTOL aircraft.
Volocopter started flight testing its longer-range, higher-payload VoloConnect eVTOL aircraft on May 20, 2022. (Image: Volocopter)

Volocopter this week confirmed that its four-seat VoloConnect eVTOL aircraft made its first test flight on May 20. During the Up.Partners annual gathering on June 7, the German company said that it now has full-scale prototypes of all three of its eVTOL designs engaged in test flights, including the two-seat VoloCity and the autonomous freight-carrying VoloDrone.

The VoloConnect is expected to be able to fly 60 miles, which is almost three times farther than the VoloCity's limit, and at speeds of 155 mph. The company aims to bring the model into commercial service in 2026, two years after it launches its smaller sibling.

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