According to Oelling, Volocopter is working on nothing less than a disruptive innovation. The company wants to change the market for air cabs in several dimensions: The services are to set new standards for mobility, time savings, cost reduction and flexibility in major cities. Initial deployments are planned at Singapore and Paris airports.
To this end, Volocopter is working on a number of projects. With the VoloCity, the company is developing an electrically powered vertical take-off vehicle. The vehicle is already in the certification process for commercial use.
There is also a partnership with Lufthansa Industry Solutions. Together, they are developing an "urban air mobility software platform" called VoloIQ on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. According to CEO Florian Reuter, it is "the digital backbone for the entire ecosystem" of Urban Air Mobility Services and acts as a control system for the air cab services. VoloIQ is designed to connect everything needed for flying urban transportation. This includes city governments, public transportation and ride-sharing services, as well as flight and ground operations.
In his keynote, CDO Oelling will talk about how Volocopter built this platform, how it works and what it does.
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