Stellantis & Archer say Construction is Underway on US eVTOL Aircraft Manufacturing Facility

Stellantis N.V. and  Archer Aviation Inc. have announced that construction is now underway on the world’s first high-volume eVTOL aircraft manufacturing facility located on an approximately 100-acre campus in Covington, Georgia, US. The update was made at the 2023 Paris Air Show, where Archer’s Midnight aircraft is currently featured.

Stellantis also recently increased its strategic shareholding through a series of purchases of Archer stock.

As the two companies progress towards bringing the manufacturing facility online in mid-2024, Stellantis personnel are now embedded across almost all areas of Archer’s operations, including manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, quality, facilities and human resources.

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.

Manufacturing aircraft at these volumes would make this site the world’s leading aircraft manufacturing facility by volume.

Archer is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks.

Its team is based in Santa Clara, California.

Stellantis CEO, Carlos Tavares, says: “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. 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,” adds Archer’s founder and CEO, Adam Goldstein. “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.”

Archer's Midnight is optimised for back-to-back short distance trips of around 20-miles, with a charging time of approximately 10 minutes in-between.