Archer Hires Uber Elevate Co-Founder, Nikhil Goel, As Chief Commercial Officer To Capture Strong U.S. And Global Demand For Archer’s eVTOL Aircraft As It Prepares To Bring Midnight To Market in 2025
20 Julho 2023 - 10:04AM
Business Wire
- On the heels of adding Former FAA Administrator, Billy
Nolen, Archer makes another key executive hire with Goel, the
co-founder of Uber Elevate
- Goel to lead Archer’s global commercialization strategy
including business development and international expansion efforts
as Archer looks to capitalize on the strong global demand it is
seeing
- Archer continues to execute on its commercialization
strategy and is the only OEM with an aircraft order from a major
U.S. airline for which it has received a cash deposit and announced
multiple point-to-point routes
Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) today announced Nikhil Goel
has joined as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer. Goel will
lead the execution of Archer’s global commercialization efforts as
the company prepares to bring Midnight to market in 2025 in the
U.S. in partnership with United Airlines. Goel brings deep industry
expertise to Archer after co-founding Uber Elevate, Uber’s air taxi
division, and jointly authoring the Uber Elevate white paper that
is widely credited with establishing the vision for the commercial
eVTOL aircraft industry.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230720989191/en/
Nikhil Goel, Archer Chief Commercial
Officer. (Photo: Business Wire)
As Chief Commercial Officer, Goel will be responsible for
spearheading Archer’s commercialization strategy with a focus on
bringing New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco
online as Archer’s initial domestic markets and capturing
international demand by stewarding partnership opportunities across
several key markets, including the Middle East, Asia, and Latin
America. Goel’s addition is timely as Archer is continuing to
rapidly advance its commercialization efforts after receiving a $10
million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines for 100 eVTOL
aircraft that it anticipates deploying into the multiple
point-to-point routes it has announced alongside United in the
U.S.
After starting at Uber as a product leader on the emerging
markets and rider experience teams, Goel co-founded Uber Elevate.
Working alongside NASA and Uber executives, Goel helped spearhead
the vision for Uber Elevate which has, in turn, inspired the
approach to commercializing the industry. In 2020, Goel helped spin
off the Uber Elevate business in a strategic sale to Joby Aviation.
Goel has been a Senior Advisor to Archer since 2020 and prior to
Uber held roles at McKinsey & Company, Google, Microsoft, and
NASA. He attended Vanderbilt University and earned his Bachelor of
Science in Engineering with a double major in computer engineering
and economics.
“Having recently traveled around the world to the largest
international markets and seen firsthand how strong the demand for
our aircraft is outside the U.S., it’s clear that now is the right
time to make this strategic hire and bring Nikhil on to capitalize
on the sizable market opportunity for domestic and global
expansion,” said Adam Goldstein, Archer’s Founder and CEO. “Since
day one, we’ve laid out an aggressive goal to be the first to bring
an eVTOL aircraft to the UAM market, and adding Nikhil to our
senior leadership team significantly bolsters our efforts to reach
that goal.”
“My career has been focused on transforming the way people move
in and around cities and enabling the future of on-demand, urban
air transportation,” said Nikhil Goel, Archer’s Chief Commercial
Officer. “I’ve been working with Adam and the team for several
years, and I believe Archer is the most well-positioned eVTOL
aircraft OEM to make this vision a reality with the industry’s
leading team and product. It’s an honor to join the company as
Chief Commercial Officer and lead our path to market.”
Archer’s goal is to transform urban travel, replacing 60-90
minute commutes by car, with estimated 10-20 minute electric air
taxi flights that are safe, sustainable, low noise and cost
competitive with ground transportation. With a range of up to 100
miles, Archer’s Midnight is a piloted, four passenger aircraft
designed to perform rapid back-to-back flights with minimal charge
time in between flights. Component manufacturing is already
underway for Archer’s conforming Midnight aircraft, as the company
is targeting final assembly of its conforming Midnight aircraft in
the fourth quarter of 2023 and to begin piloted flight test
operations in early 2024.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward looking statements regarding
Archer’s future business plans and market opportunities, including
statements regarding the performance and development of its
aircraft, business opportunities, and timelines of its UAM network
buildout and commercialization. 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,
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.
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.
Source: Archer Text: ArcherIR
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230720989191/en/
Archer Media Contacts The Brand Amp -
Archer@TheBrandAmp.com
Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR)
Gráfico Histórico do Ativo
De Abr 2024 até Mai 2024
Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR)
Gráfico Histórico do Ativo
De Mai 2023 até Mai 2024