Archer Aviation and BETA Technologies Collaborate to Accelerate the Adoption of an Interoperable Charging System Across the Electric Aviation Industry
2023年11月7日 - 11:00PM
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- Archer Aviation has purchased several units of BETA’s
interoperable and multimodal fast-charging system, which employs
the Combined Charging Standard (CCS) utilized by top original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the electric aviation
industry
- In September, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
(GAMA) published a report titled “Interoperability of Electric
Charging Infrastructure” that highlights the fact that shared
charging infrastructure offers numerous benefits over multiple
proprietary protocols developed by OEMs
- The goal of BETA and Archer’s industry-first collaboration is
to spur the widespread roll-out of an interoperable electric
charging network that follows the standards outlined by GAMA and
supports the broad electrification of vehicles
- BETA’s charging systems are already in use at 14 locations
across the eastern U.S and development work is underway to install
them at another 55 locations along with East and Gulf Coasts, as
well as at Archer’s flight test facilities in California
Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR), a leader in electric vertical
takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and BETA Technologies, an
electric aerospace company developing electric aircraft and
charging systems, have announced an industry-first agreement to
accelerate the roll out of an interoperable fast-charging system
across the electric aircraft industry.
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Archer is utilizing two of BETA’s Charge
Cube systems at Archer’s flight test facilities, as well as a
number of BETA’s Mini Cube mobile charging systems, which Archer
plans to rapidly deploy as needed. (Photo: Business Wire)
Archer is utilizing two of BETA’s Charge Cube systems at
Archer’s flight test facilities, as well as a number of BETA’s Mini
Cube mobile charging systems, which Archer plans to rapidly deploy
as needed. BETA’s charging system utilizes the Combined Charging
Standard (CCS) – a multimodal, interoperable standard employed by
the top OEMs. This GAMA endorsed standard comes with peer reviewed
and global certification standards and is harmonized with EUROCAE
ED-308. BETA’s charging systems are already in use at 14 locations
across the eastern U.S., and development work is underway to
install them at another 55 locations along the East and Gulf
Coasts, as well as at Archer’s facilities in California.
Gaining access to BETA’s leading electric aviation charging
system and network through this collaboration is another critical
component of Archer’s plan to create the most efficient, and
scalable, path to market for Archer’s eVTOL aircraft. Archer’s
chargers bring BETA’s network to the west coast. This milestone
collaboration for the industry follows the expansion of BETA’s
network down the east coast – including the first electric aircraft
charger on a DoD installation located at Duke Field, Eglin Air
Force Base.
“Fast charging is critical to ensure rapid turnaround times
between flights,” commented Adam Goldstein, Archer’s founder and
CEO. “A widespread, fast charging system is critical to ensuring
electric air taxis reach scale in the coming years and this
collaboration between two industry leaders is an exciting step
towards achieving that.”
“Over the past decade, transportation has shifted toward
electric and now we’re seeing resonance and viability for aviation
to do the same,” said Kyle Clark, BETA’s Founder and CEO. “A
backbone of reliable, fast and accessible infrastructure will be
critical to enabling this technology, which is why we’ve been
focused on building out a charging network alongside our aircraft
for some time now. When we designed our chargers, we saw an
opportunity to support the entire sector by using an already peer
reviewed standard, and we’re thrilled to collaborate with Archer
now to validate that aim.”
“The adoption of a unified charging standard will help promote
electric aviation’s development at scale,” said Pete Bunce,
President and CEO of GAMA. “Enabling electric aircraft and electric
ground vehicles from different manufacturers to share charging
infrastructure will help reduce the costs of electrifying existing
infrastructure. A common standard will boost confidence in the
emerging Advanced Air Mobility sector of our industry and encourage
adoption of, and access to, publicly accessible charging
networks.”
Dr. Michael Schwekutsch, SVP Powertrain at Archer, added:
“During my time as the VP of Powertrain Engineering at Tesla it was
well understood that having a widely accessible, fast-charger
network was key to driving the adoption of EVs, and the same is
true for eVTOLs, and that’s why we are so excited to collaborate
with BETA to build out the charging network for our electric air
taxis.”
About Archer
Archer is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and
landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks. Archer’s
mission is to unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how
they move and spend time. Archer’s team is based in Santa Clara,
CA.
To learn more, visit www.archer.com.
About BETA Technologies
BETA Technologies is an electric aerospace company that is
creating a new paradigm for transporting people and goods, making
it safer, greener, quieter, and more efficient. To do this, we are
building an electric transportation system that includes net-zero,
all-electric aircraft and a cross-country, multimodal charging
infrastructure to support various types of EVs. BETA has committed
orders or contracts with leading operators across military,
medical, cargo and passenger applications including UPS, Bristow,
LCI, United Therapeutics, Blade and both the U.S. Air Force and U.S
Army.
For more information, visit www.beta.team.
Archer Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward looking statements regarding
Archer’s future business plans, including statements regarding the
timing of Archer’s development, commercialization, and
certification of its eVTOL aircraft. These forward-looking
statements are only predictions and may differ materially from
actual results due to a variety of factors. The risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the
results predicted are more fully detailed in Archer’s filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
available at www.sec.gov. In addition, please note that any
forward-looking statements contained herein are based on
assumptions that Archer believes to be reasonable as of the date of
this press release. Archer undertakes no obligation to update these
statements as a result of new information or future events.
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