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Goldstein: Commercial eVTOL launches will begin internationally before the US
“I think it's, to me, super clear this does not start in the U.S. I really think it starts internationally.”
Goldstein: Archer's Georgia manufacturing facility will open later in 2024
“Our high-volume manufacturing facility in Georgia will open up later this year”
Archer Aviation will launch international passenger flights in 2025
“I think pretty clearly there's a route to do this internationally next year. And so I think we'll launch with passengers next year.”
Goldstein: A Trump executive order is fast-tracking the eVTOL regulatory framework
“President Trump issued an executive order that was fast tracking the program through the regulators and really starting to create a platform for us to launch.”
Archer Aviation spent around $170M on Hawthorne Airport acquisition
“It's around one hundred and seventy million dollars for everything, including the FBO and all the real estate around it.”
Goldstein: Archer Aviation has raised around $4 billion
“So we've raised around four billion dollars.”
Goldstein: Stellantis has invested nearly $300M in Archer Aviation
“Stellantis, the owner of Jeep, Ram, and Maserati, has invested nearly three hundred million dollars to date.”
United Airlines ordered up to $1.5B of Archer Midnight aircraft
“United Airlines has ordered up to one and a half billion dollars of midnight aircraft”
Goldstein: China has already certified two eVTOL companies
“There's two groups that are already certified there.”
Former FAA chief joined Archer; current chief came from an eVTOL startup
“Former FAA administrator Billy Nolan stepped down from his role, joined Archer. The new one, Mike Whitaker, came from an eVTOL company.”
Goldstein: Archer's aircraft uses 24 redundant motors for 12 rotors
“Yeah, there's actually redundant motors. There's actually 24, but we, for simplicity, call it 12.”