Archer Aviation and Stellantis have announced a steady progress in the strategic manufacturing partnership at the Paris Air Show. The construction of eVTOL aircraft manufacturing facility at Covington, Georgia is under process with plans to start production by next year.
Stellantis personnel are now working full time alongside the Archer team, supporting operational readiness across areas including manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, quality, facilities and human resources.
Stellantis recently increased its strategic shareholding through a series of purchases of Archer stock in the open market
“The Stellantis and Archer teams are moving full speed ahead in execution mode to ensure we meet our goal of bringing scalable manufacturing of Archer’s aircraft online in mid-2024,” said Chief Executive, Carlos Tavares, Stellantis “We believe this unique partnership is setting the standard for cross-industry collaboration and continues to be a key pillar of our strategy to ensure Stellantis leads the way the world moves, providing freedom of mobility in all ways. With our trusted teams onsite working shoulder-to-shoulder with Archer, I have no doubt that we are on the right path.”
“At Archer, our goal is not just to get to commercialization, but to achieve it at scale. High-volume manufacturing is critical to ensuring we can meet this goal and joining forces with one of the leading mobility companies in the world is helping us realize the once-in-a-generation opportunity we have to redefine urban transportation,” said Adam Goldstein, Founder and Chief Executive, Archer. “I couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve already accomplished with this partnership as we continue to lead the industry in building out manufacturing capabilities.”
Initial manufacturing operations will be capable of producing up to 650 aircraft per year with room for expansion to support production of up to 2,300 aircraft per year making this site the world’s leading aircraft manufacturing facility by volume.