Ukunikezelwa kwegcisa le-Archer eVTOL ebhabha ngaphezulu kwesixeko saseLos Angeles.Utoli Phantse isiqingatha sabantu be-7.6 yezigidi zezigidi kwihlabathi ngoku bahlala ezidolophini. Elo nani kulindeleke ukuba lenyuke liye kuma-70 epesenti ngowama-2025, ngokutsho koqikelelo lweZizwe eziManyeneyo. Yiza ngelo xesha, izibonelelo zothutho zasezidolophini esele zixinekile ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kuba nako ukujongana.
Isisombululo esinye esinokubakho esidityaniswe ngoosomashishini abanomdla ngekamva yinto ebizwa ngokuba yiyo Ukususa-kude-ukufika emhlabeni ngokuthe nkqo ngombane (eVTOL) iimoto, ezaziwa njenge iimoto ezibhabhayo okanye itekisi yomoya wedolophu. Ii-eVTOL azidingi indlela yokubaleka kwaye zizolile ngakumbi kuneehelikopta zemveli, zizenza zilungele ukusetyenziswa kwemihla ngemihla kwemizi.
UMorgan Stanley uqikelela ukuba imarike yokuhamba komoya edolophini iya kufaneleka $ 1.5 trillion ngo-2040. Kodwa okwangoku, ubukhulu becala ayikho. Inani leziqalo zibaleka ukuphakamisa i-eVTOL yokuqala yokurhweba emhlabeni malunga nonyaka we-2023. Ngaphandle kokuphuhliswa kwinqanaba lokuqala kunye nekamva elingaqinisekanga, iimoto ezibhabha ezidolophini zitsale umdla omkhulu kubathengi abakhulu, njenge Iindiza eziManyeneyo .
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, u-Braganca wenza udliwanondlebe noBrett Adcock, umsunguli kunye ne-CEO ye-Archer Aviation, iSilicon Valley eVTOL yokuqalisa kulindeleke ukuba iye esidlangalaleni ngokudityaniswa kwe-SPAC kamva kulo nyaka. U-Adcock uxoxe ngendlela ii-eVTOL ezinokuthi zitshintshe ngayo ngokupheleleyo ukuthuthwa kwedolophu kunye nokukhuthaza iklasi entsha yabahloli abancinci basezidolophini, kunye nemiceli mngeni kwishishini le-eVTOL xa lilonke kufuneka yoyise ukuze le teknoloji yenoveli iphumelele.
Yeyiphi ingxaki uArcher acwangcise ukuyisombulula?
Ukuhlala ezidolophini kuhambela phambili. Ngelixa kunika umdla ukubona indawo yethu ichuma, iziseko zophuhliso zezi zixeko zethu azikwazi ukujongana nolu hlobo lokukhula.
Ukulwa ukuxinana kwabantu, ukungcoliseka komoya kunye neziphumo ezingenakuthintelwa zokwanda kwezithuthi ezindleleni zethu, sikholelwa ukuba uluntu kufuneka luye esibhakabhakeni, luvule umlinganiso omtsha wokuhamba. Uthungelwano lokuhamba komoya edolophini luya kuba nefuthe lotshintsho kwikamva leedolophu, ezothutho kunye nozinzo.
ILos Angeles sisixeko sokuqala iArcher iceba ukukhupha inkonzo yorhwebo. Ucinga ukuba ukugcwala kwemihla ngemihla kwenye yezona zixeko zixineneyo zaseMelika kwiminyaka emi-5 ukuya kweli-10 kufanele ukuba ii-eVTOL zibe yinto eqhelekileyo?
I-eVTOL yethu enokuthwala abakhweli abane iimayile ezingama-60 kwisantya se-150 mph ngelixa ivelisa ingxolo encinci. Xa usenziwa, oko kuthetha ukuba, endaweni yokubambeka kwiiyure zezithuthi, abahlali be-LA banokuhamba ukusuka eMalibu ukuya edolophini ye-LA okanye kwisikhululo senqwelomoya i-LAX ukuya e-Orange County phantsi kwemizuzu eli-15.
Siyakholelwa ukuba eli nqanaba lokufikelela elingazange libonwe liza kungena kwiminyaka yomhloli-mbumbulu, abantu abangathandiyo kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla kunye nokuvula amava amatsha, anomdla, nokuba lolo hambo lwaselwandle lokuya eMalibu okanye isidlo sangokuhlwa eLong Beach- konke ku Ixabiso le-UberX.
Yintoni oyibona njengeyona mingeni iphambili kubenzi be-eVTOL ekufuneka bayoyisile ukuze iiteksi zomoya zasedolophini zihambe kakuhle?
Ndicinga ukuba owona mceli mngeni uphambili kukuhambahamba kwinkqubo yesiqinisekiso. Ukuqinisekiswa kwetekhnoloji etshintsha umhlaba kufuna isixa esikhulu semali kunye nexesha lokuqinisekisa ukuba sizisa inqwelo moya ngombane kwintengiso ngokukhuselekileyo. Siqinisekile ukuba uArcher uya kuba yenye yeenkampani zokuqala ze-eVTOL ukufezekisa isatifikethi se-FAA sokusetyenziselwa urhwebo.
Wenza ntoni uArcher ukufumana i-FAA kunye noorhulumente boomasipala? Ungawachaza njani amava akho okusebenza nabalawuli?
Sisebenza ngokusebenzisana ngokusondeleyo ne-FAA ukuvavanya uyilo kunye neendlela zokuthobela. Silindele ukuba iinqwelomoya eziza esibhakabhakeni kulo nyaka kwaye zisendleleni yokuba izithuthi zethu zifumaneke ukuze zisetyenziswe luluntu ngo-2024.
Kwi-LA, sisebenza ngokusondeleyo nesixeko sase-LA kwaye IiLebhu zokuHamba eziDolophini ukufundisa abahlali besixeko malunga netekhnoloji entsha yezothutho kunye nokuphuhlisa izicwangciso zokudibanisa i-UAM kuthungelwano lwezothutho esele likhona.
Iinkampani zeAerospace ezinkulu nezincinci, kunye neenkampani ezininzi zeemoto, zityala imali okanye ziphuhlisa ezazo i-eVTOL tech. Ucwangcisa njani uArcher ukukhangela ukhuphiswano kolu shishino luvelayo?
Sichaza icandelo elitsha elipheleleyo lentengiso. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba indawo inkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba amashishini amaninzi aphumelele kwaye sinoyilo olukhulu lwezithuthi kunye neqela lokukhokela intengiso apha.
I-Archer kuphela kwenkampani ye-eVTOL esungula inqwelo moya egxile kubathengi eya kuvula amathuba amatsha okuhlola. Sijolise kwiindlela eziphakathi kweemayile ezingama-20-60. Ukuba ujonga kwizifundo zohambo lwangaphakathi-esixekweni, ipesenti ephezulu yenzeka ngaphakathi kwe-60-mile radius. Sikhethe ukwenza inkonzo yethu yoluhlu olulungileyo ukubonelela ngamava amahle okuhamba. Sijolise ngokwenene ekuphuculeni ukuhamba ezidolophini kunye nokwenza ukuba abantu bakwazi ukwamkela le minyaka intsha yokuhlola okuncinci.
Ikwayiyo kuphela inkampani ye-eVTOL emhlabeni enekhontrakthi evela kwinkampani enkulu yenqwelo moya (United), eya kuthi incede ngemali kwaye ikhawulezise ukwandiswa kuka-Archer ekuhambeni komoya wedolophu. Ukongeza, singene kwisivumelwano esichazayo kunye noStellantis, ongomnye wabavelisi abakhulu emhlabeni, enika ukufikelela ku-Archer kumxokelelwano wabo wexabiso eliphantsi, ubuchule bezinto ezidityanisiweyo, kunye namava obunjineli kunye noyilo. Intsebenziswano enje iya kwenza ukuba indlela yethu yentengiso ikhawuleze kwaye igude.
Umtoli unoluhlu lwe-SPAC oluzayo. Iinkampani ezininzi eziphume esidlangalaleni ngokudityaniswa kwe-SPAC kunyaka ophelileyo ziye ndiyibonile inzala yabo yentengiso iphela mva nje. Ngaba iimeko zentengiso yakutshanje ziyichaphazele imbonakalo yakho okanye isicwangciso seshishini nangayiphi na indlela?
Ii-SPACs yindlela esebenzayo ngakumbi yokunyusa imali xa kuthelekiswa ne-IPOs zemveli. Bayazivumela iimali ezinkulu ukuba zonyuswe ngexesha elifutshane kwaye ke ngoko zikhawulezise amaxesha ethu okuthengisa. Ukongeza, ukusebenzisana neqela lotyalo-mali njenge-Atlas Crest kusivumela ukuba sixhamle ngaphezu kwemali eyinkunzi kuphela, kodwa ubuchule babo beshishini.
Ithemba lethu ngokubhekisele kudweliso lwethu lwe-SPAC aluzange lutshintshe ngexesha lokutshintsha kwezinto kwintengiso, kwaye sisaqinisekile kwisigqibo sethu sokulandela isivumelwano se-SPAC.
