Volocopter

Robot types: eVTOL, Air taxi. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 25.0/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 18 of 26 among Drones / eVTOL companies with incidents (550 tracked).

Analyst brief

The record contains one entry: a bankruptcy/insolvency filing dated December 2024, classified as a shutdown event with severity 3. This is a financial/corporate-status entry rather than an operational malfunction or safety incident.

Risk index

25.0/100RobotRisk index

30.1/100Median index across the 26 Drones / eVTOL companies with incident history (550 tracked, 524 with none)

18 of 26Rank in Drones / eVTOL (of 26 with incident history)

ElevatedRisk band

Products and robot types

Industries: Drones / eVTOL · Sectors: Airlines and Aviation

Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.

Robot type	Share of company risk	Rank within type
eVTOL	100%	6 of 8

Product	Robot type	Status	Incidents	Index
VoloCity	eVTOL	early-access	1	25.0

Incident timeline

Comparisons over time

Per-type breakdown

Incident type	Unique incidents	Share
shutdown	1	100%

Unique incident list

1 unique incident on file for this company.

Sev	Date	Type	Location	Incident	Source
S3	26 Dec 2024	shutdown	Bruchsal, Germany	Volocopter files for bankruptcy/insolvency	DW.com

S3 26 Dec 2024 · shutdown · Volocopter files for bankruptcy/insolvency

Bruchsal, Germany1 supporting source rowhigh confidence

Sev	Date	Supporting source row	Source
S3	26 Dec 2024	Volocopter files for bankruptcy/insolvency	DW.com

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