Watch Video: “VoltAero Prepares for Production of Cassio Electric-Hybrid Aircraft at New Facility in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France”

The opening of VoltAero’s ultimate meeting facility and HQ at Rochefort Airport final week, marks an vital step towards certification and manufacturing of the corporate’s Cassio electric-hybrid plane household, studies a press launch.

Positioned at Saint Agnant within the Charente-Maritime division of France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine Area, this purpose-built 2,400 sq. metre development is the first hub for manufacturing and supply of Cassio’s plane, supported by VoltAero’s on-site design, engineering, flight take a look at and administrative departments. It took only one yr to construct. The ability is sized for the meeting of an annual 150 Cassio airplanes, to be supported by further future manufacturing websites, created all over the world.

Through the inauguration ceremony, Jean Botti, VoltAero’s CEO and Chief Know-how Officer, commented, “We purpose to attach hundreds of communities and areas all over the world with sustainable and environment friendly superior regional air mobility, whereas remaining absolutely appropriate with the airport and air site visitors management infrastructure.”

Alain Rousset, President of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the most important administrative area in France, identified that VoltAero’s manufacturing website and HQ reinforces the world’s place as an progressive chief in decarbonisation and sustainability.

Along with assembly the necessities of France’s RT 2005 laws for energy-efficient buildings, the power undertaking administration staff went additional with options that embody:-

: A combined concrete/wooden structural design.

: The partial use of picket flooring.

: Integration of skylights for pure lighting.

: Rainwater harvesting.

: Photovoltaic panels for electrical energy.

VoltAero’s new meeting facility at Rochefort Airport

The constructing has direct entry to Rochefort Airport’s 2,280 metre-long x 45metre-wide runway and the area’s highway, rail and sea transportation hyperlinks. Its masterplan contains the potential for future development, in addition to enabling suppliers and repair suppliers to develop their very own presence as they help the Cassio manufacturing.

Gérard Pons, President of the Syndicat Mixte des Aéroports de La Rochelle, remarked, “With VoltAero’s cornerstone presence, we stay up for the longer term evolution of an industrial ecosystem for sustainable aviation at Rochefort Airport and within the neighborhood.”

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VoltAero’s first manufacturing plane model would be the Cassio 330, with a 4/five-seat inside configuration and working on a mixed electric-hybrid propulsion energy of 330 kilowatts. It’s to be adopted by the six-seat Cassio 480 with a mixed electric-hybrid propulsion energy of 480 kilowatts, and the Cassio 600, sized at a ten/12-seat capability with electric-hybrid propulsion energy of 600 kilowatts.

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www.voltaero.aero

(Prime picture: This computer-generated picture depicts the buildup of Cassio plane in VoltAero’s ultimate meeting facility at Rochefort Airport)

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