What’s in a Name? VoloConnect Transforms to VoloRegion

Volocopter’s mar­ket­ing depart­ment recent­ly posed the ques­tion. What exact­ly is its third and longer-range eVTOL, Volo­Con­nect, con­nect­ing to… giv­en the company’s trio of dif­fer­ent craft are all con­nect­ing pas­sen­gers or goods with their des­ti­na­tions, asks a com­pa­ny press release.

The press release con­tin­ues, “Names are dis­tin­guish­ing fea­tures… we’ve decid­ed to give our third air­craft, the erst­while Volo­Con­nect, a name more fit­ting of its noble mis­sion… that extends beyond a major city’s core, reach­ing its sub­urbs and, depend­ing on the mis­sion in ques­tion, even fur­ther afield.” 

So hail the VoloRe­gion. A name that nes­tles nice­ly along­side VoloC­i­ty and Volo­Drone, each craft with a dif­fer­ent roll to play.

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VoloRe­gion Pro­to­type Dur­ing First Flight

While VoloC­i­ty, as the name sug­gests, focus­es on short-haul flights across cities, the VoloRe­gion is designed, the release com­ments, “to serve fur­ther-flung des­ti­na­tions (or the wider region around a major city), includ­ing hard­er-to-reach places like moun­tain dwellings… oth­er­wise only be acces­si­ble via time-con­sum­ing and at times treach­er­ous roads.”

The state­ment then explains that after “numer­ous ideas and iter­a­tions from our Mar­ket­ing col­leagues, a name emerged that elicit­ed inter­nal major­i­ty approval and was mar­ket-appro­pri­ate, too. The VoloRe­gion was born!” Adding, “So, please, help us to wel­come the (re-named) VoloRe­gion!”