Archer Aviation CEO talks electric air taxi infrastructure

[@ZzzMajinzzZ]

Nice CEO! Definity could be a discount buy now before they have partnerships once up and running.

[@EbenezerNimh]

Hmm this sounds like a nice stock to put in my portfolio. Let me do more research

[@jackoneil3933]

I might suggest looking into the cost and time involved in FAA certification. No One has ever completed FAA certification of an pilot-less, non-commercial (Part-91/23) eVTOL aircraft, much less to FAA part 135 Air-Taxi or 121 Airline Operation certified pilot-less Aircraft. Having been involved with aircraft development and certification, 20 years ago, costs to certify a Burn Rutan designed conventional twin-engine air-taxi aircraft, designed to meet existing FAA regulations, we stopped development after two years and $10million on paperwork alone, when just the bureaucratic costs were getting close to $100million. Also looking into fixed and variable costs might be worth considering, such as product, service liability insurance costs and battery costs on a per flight basis. If a battery pack costs $100,000 and is good for say 1,000 flights that's $100per flight.

[@EbenezerNimh]

@@jackoneil3933 Thank you

[@EthanCorum-b2b]

@@jackoneil3933 so what are you saying? There’s not much potential?

[@3-5-9-61]

100 mile range electric is not going to replace 300 to 600 mile range of existing inventory. This is more hype, than near-term reality.

[@moriscondo5511]

their goal isn't to compete with traditional aircraft like helicopters or planes, it's to make these short jumps from Newark to Manhattan with low operating expenses.

[@nikobelic4251]

@@3-5-9-61 it’s meant for inter city travel. You don’t need 300 to 600 mile range

[@user-tx9zg5mz5p]

😂

[@jackoneil3933]

"Aircrafts"? I wonder if she combs her "hairs", eats her "spaghettis" types her "datas", struggles with traffics congestions in addition to reporting on eVTOLs test flyings, productions and batteries lifes?