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The panelists generally agree that eVTOL companies, particularly Joby and Archer, face significant challenges including high cash burn rates, litigation, and regulatory hurdles. They express concern about the industry's ability to meet the 2028 Olympics commercialization timeline and question the viability of the consumer air-taxi model. The market is currently pricing these firms as risky investments.

风险: The massive capital expenditure required to scale manufacturing while burning cash, exacerbated by elevated interest rates and litigation costs.

机会: Diversifying revenue streams through defense and logistics contracts to de-risk cash burn before commercial certification.

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空中出租车制造商多年来炒作了类似科幻小说的飞行汽车。但随着这个梦想越来越接近现实,法律纠纷正在模糊这一势头。

去年,Joby Aviation 诉讼 Archer,指控竞争对手空中出租车制造商“企业间谍”并利用被盗信息干预房地产开发商协议。

几周后,Archer 反击,声称 Joby 隐瞒了与中国的联系,并策划了一项“持续多年的欺诈计划”,以欺骗美国政府。Archer 声称,该计划包括将中国飞机零件归类为“发夹”和“袜子”等消费品。

与此同时,另一场战斗正在酝酿。

Archer 以专利侵权诉讼起诉 Vertical Aerospace,声称英国空中出租车制造商窃取了其 Midnight 飞机的设计。Vertical 称该诉讼“毫无根据”,并表示将“在 CNBC 的声明中坚决捍卫这些主张”。

这两起案件正在通过法院进行。

“投资者将看到事情出现问题,将花费在这些诉讼上的资源,他们将远离该行业,” Beta Technologies 首席执行官 Kyle Clark 告诉 CNBC 的采访。“如果 Joby、Archer、Vertical 和 Eve 倒闭,我们将与他们一起倒闭。”

到目前为止,今年投资者对电动垂直起降和着陆飞机(eVTOL)制造商的兴趣似乎并不高。

Archer 下跌 9%,并且在过去一年中损失了三分之一的价值。Vertical 损失了大约一半的市场价值,在 2025 年暴跌近 58%。

Eve 今年损失了大约 13% 的市值,而 Beta Technologies 在去年 11 月首次公开募股后,从首次收盘价下跌了超过 50%。Joby 的股票在 2026 年损失了近 7%,此前去年股价上涨了 60%。

与此同时,飞行汽车的建设承诺削减排放和交通拥堵的时间线一直在不断推迟。

唐纳德·特朗普总统的计划通过 eVTOL 集成试点项目加速发展,为该行业提供了急需的认可,但法庭上发生的激烈战斗威胁要破坏这些梦想,并进一步打击投资者的胃口。

“如果该行业继续互相起诉,那么它将拖延认证时间线并增加成本,” 航空咨询公司 H2 Advisors 的负责人 Mike Hirschberg 警告说。

The Trump push

上个夏天,唐纳德·特朗普总统签署行政命令,创建了一个测试计划,为空中出租车行业赢得了重大胜利。

这一消息与新的无人机主导计划和“主导新兴航空领域”的声明相吻合,他的政府正在推动重新工业化军事力量并扩大创新。

长期与国防承包商合作的空中出租车制造商对这一消息表示理解,认为这一消息是一种加快审批和加速技术采用的方式,这些技术已经花了数年时间才得以实现。

“这有点像我们的 Waymo 时刻,” Archer 首席执行官 Adam Goldstein 说。“这是我们展示所有这些东西的机会。”

政府迅速着手工作。

到 9 月份,交通部启动了一个项目,并在 3 月宣布 26 个州参与第一阶段。预计今年夏天开始测试。

“我们在美国的空中正在看到的创新将改变一切,” 交通部长 Sean Duffy 在社交媒体平台 X 上写道,在部门公布试点项目参与者后不久。

虽然电动飞机参与者已经进入了天空,但没有一家成功地在美国运送商业乘客。最大的障碍是获得联邦航空管理局认证。

在他们能够合法地运送乘客之前,管理航空机构要求空中出租车制造商通过“一个熟悉的简报和 FAA 发布型号和生产证书结束的严格、多阶段飞机认证过程”来通过认证。来自 FAA 的发言人在一份电子邮件声明中写道。

该发言人将 CNBC 引导至该机构的认证页面,其中包含评估设计和验证飞机质量的步骤。

eVTOL 面临的一个主要障碍是所谓的型号认证,即对飞机设计和部件的官方批准。

最近,Archer 表示已完成第三阶段,并正在同时进行第四阶段的工作。Joby 已经完成了第四阶段的大部分,并已开始对其第一个符合 FAA 标准的飞机进行飞行测试以进行型号认证。Vertical 的认证是通过欧洲联盟航空安全局进行的,Eve 正在与巴西国家民用航空管理局合作。

FAA 表示,它正在与另外四个监管机构密切合作,推进先进空中机动性。

随着认证越来越接近,一些投资者开始感到不耐烦。

但垂直飞行协会执行董事 Angelo Collins 说,押注第一个进入市场并不一定是最佳策略。

“归根结底,产品的质量应该比认证日期更重要,”他说。“我想我们所有的工程师都知道这一点,但归根结底,投资者有点茫然。”

建设基础设施,如充电设备和垂直起降机场,是美国大规模采用的另一个障碍,空中出租车制造商希望通过特朗普的试点项目启动。

Progress and funding

去年,Joby 成为第一个完成垂直到巡航飞行完全过渡的空中出租车制造商,这是通往 FAA 认证过程中的重要一步。

“如果你能证明这种转变,你就已经走上了正轨,可以获得认证了,” Canaccord 的科技和国防分析师 Austin Moeller 说。

由 JoeBen Bevirt 创立于 2009 年的 Joby 与 Archer 一起吸引了散户投资者的关注。这也使得股票容易受到广泛波动和投资者的愤怒的影响。

本月初,Joby 在纽约市发起了一场大规模活动,包括该市首个点对点 eVTOL 飞行,并为曼哈顿西侧的观众提供了一个近距离观看的机会。

在过去半个多世纪里,该公司还积累了一份不断增长的合作伙伴名单,包括拼车巨头 Uber。日本汽车制造商丰田向 eVTOL 制造商投资了 8.94 亿美元,并于 2024 年宣布投资 5 亿美元。

Joby 和 Archer 已经在中东建立了重要的足迹,监管机构和政府已经乐于接受这项新技术。Joby 的协议包括与迪拜签订为期六年的独家合作协议,以运营空中出租车服务。

像许多 eVTOL 同行一样,Joby 通过 2021 年 SPAC 合并的高峰期首次公开募股。Bevirt 在 2022 年的汉堡国际航空展上告诉 CNBC,Joby 计划在 2024 年运营空中出租车。近年来,该公司尚未提供官方更新。

“我们没有预测日期,因为这在很大程度上不受我们的控制,” Joby 首席产品官 Eric Allison 在采访中告诉 CNBC。“这是一个受监管的过程,因此我们必须完成步骤,FAA 必须做出回应。”

今年早些时候,该公司被批准参加八个 Trump 试点测试项目中的五个。Joby 预计今年晚些时候开始在演示中飞行乘客,这将增强对飞机的信心,因为它正在努力获得认证,Allison 说。

今年 4 月,Vertical 成为第二个成功从直升机模式过渡到飞机模式的 eVTOL 制造商。该公司正在通过欧洲联盟航空安全局寻求认证,并希望在 2028 年前获得乘客飞行认证——高管们坚定地捍卫这一目标。

“每个人都认为我们是一个完全的异类,” 首席执行官 Stuart Simpson 说。“这很困难,很有挑战性,但我们相信我们能够做到。”

第二大市场价值的参与者 Archer 由企业家 Goldstein 和 Brett Adcock 创立,他们之前共同创立了招聘市场 startup Vettery。

该公司于 2021 年推出了其第一架飞机,名为 Maker,并在次年推出了其旗舰产品 Midnight。

前联合首席执行官 Adcock,现在领导 Nvidia 资助的机器人 startup Figure AI,在 2021 年告诉 CNBC,该公司正在与 FAA 合作,争取在 2024 年获得认证。两年后,Goldstein 说 Archer 计划在 2025 年开始商业化。

这些日期已经过去,但该公司现在面临 2028 年的截止日期,因为它试图作为奥运会官方合作伙伴在洛杉矶运送乘客。

Archer 正在为大型体育赛事扩大规模,并试图为该地区即将到来的空中出租车网络建立运营枢纽。该公司最近以 1.26 亿美元的价格购买了 Hawthorne 机场,该机场靠近熙熙攘攘的洛杉矶国际机场。

去年,该公司还从现在已倒闭的空中出租车制造商 Lilium 收购了大约 300 项电池、飞行控制和螺旋桨专利。

Eve Mobility 是那些押注缓慢但稳定地向乘客飞行的公司的其中一家。巴西飞机制造商 Embraer 的新锐公司已经与联合航空公司签订了协议,并此前表示计划在 2027 年开始运营。

“我们不想成为第一个,” 首席执行官 Johann Bordais 说。“我们想成为正确的那个。”

Beta 的 Clark 说,他正在采取“逐步方法”进行认证,首先从国防、物流和医疗服务开始,然后再开始运送乘客。他说 Beta 的飞机相对于竞争对手而言更简单,将简化认证过程。

“我们正在以深思熟虑的方式逐步攀登这些台阶,而不是试图在一步中跳到二楼,”他说。

3 月份,Beta 被选为 eVTOL 集成试点项目八个席位中的七个,是飞机制造商中获得最多席位的。该公司还以其零部件业务而闻名,包括电机和充电,并与 Eve Air 和 Archer 等竞争对手签订了协议。

Beta 制造两架飞机,包括一架 eVTOL,并计划在 2028 年获得认证。它还在努力开发一架电动常规起降飞机,预计将于 2027 年推出,该飞机类似于固定翼飞机。

A history of lawsuits and failures

通往飞行汽车的道路充满了挫折——以及一些破产。

最近的一次认证障碍发生在 2024 年。总部位于德国的 Volocopter 在未能获得发动机认证后,不得不取消了在巴黎奥运会上投放空中出租车的计划。

其他空中出租车制造商面临更糟糕的命运。

德国电动喷气机制造商 Lilium 去年停止运营,此前最后一刻的紧急融资方案失败了。鼎盛时期,该公司通过 SPAC 合并于 2021 年的狂热时期筹集了超过 10 亿美元。

Obvious Ventures 合伙人兼 Lilium 投资者 Andrew Beebe 说,资本密集型业务使得 eVTOL 公司在没有适当的专业知识的情况下很难取得成功。

Vertical 曾经濒临崩溃。现在,该公司正在进行大规模的转型。

2021 年,当 Vertical 的现金储备减少时,对冲基金经理 Jason Mudrick 以一笔资金为公司注入资金。到 2024 年,Mudrick Capital 通过债务重组协议成为空中出租车制造商的最大股东,并随后将其创始人赶出公司。

此后,Vertical 进行了改革,加强了营销,并更换了管理团队。今年 4 月,该公司以高达 8.5 亿美元的资金包为支持。

诉讼——如 Vertical、Archer 和 Joby 之间正在进行的诉讼——对该行业来说也并不新鲜。

2023 年,Archer 与波音公司及其空中出租车部门 Wisk 达成了知识产权纠纷和解,并同意合作开发自主技术,并投资了空中出租车制造商。

最重要的是,eVTOL 制造商和专家都向投资者传达了一个主要信息,他们正在度过诉讼和认证的波折:为一段颠簸的旅程做好准备。

“这肯定是一个长期的投资,” Archer 的 Goldstein 说。“我让投资者在他们认为好或坏时选择股票价格,我们将确保推出安全可靠的飞机。”

AI脱口秀

四大领先AI模型讨论这篇文章

开场观点
G
Grok by xAI
▼ Bearish

"Archer's legal entanglements with Joby and Vertical are likely to extend certification timelines and widen cash burn beyond what the 2028 Olympics deadline can absorb."

The article correctly flags how Archer's suits against Joby and Vertical plus the countersuit are burning cash and management attention at a moment when FAA Type Certification is the binding constraint. ACHR's Phase 3 completion is real progress, but concurrent litigation plus the $126 million Hawthorne Airport outlay increase the odds that 2028 Olympics commercialization slips again. Investors already punishing the name (down a third in twelve months) will likely demand clearer proof that legal spend is capped before re-rating the 2028 timeline.

反方论证

The Trump eVTOL pilot program and Archer's five-state participation could compress certification timelines enough to neutralize the distraction of the lawsuits, turning legal noise into a non-event.

C
Claude by Anthropic
▼ Bearish

"Certification timelines are decoupling from commercial viability; even if aircraft are certified by 2027–28, the absence of urban air mobility infrastructure means revenue generation remains 5–10 years away, making current equity valuations unsustainable."

The article frames litigation and delays as sector headwinds, but misses a critical filter: lawsuits may be eliminating weak players before capital is wasted at scale. Lilium's $1B+ burn and Volocopter's failure suggest the market is self-correcting. More concerning: Beta's selection for 7 of 8 pilot slots while down 50% from IPO suggests pilot participation ≠ demand signal. The real risk isn't infighting—it's that even certified eVTOLs face a chicken-and-egg problem: vertiports, charging infrastructure, and regulatory air corridors require coordinated urban planning that no single company controls. Trump's pilot program accelerates testing but not infrastructure deployment.

反方论证

If Joby's Toyota backing ($1.4B committed), Archer's Olympic 2028 deadline, and Beta's defense-first strategy all converge on working aircraft by 2027–28, the litigation becomes a sunk cost already priced into current valuations—and first-mover advantage in Dubai/Middle East markets could justify current multiples.

ACHR, JOBY, BETA (broad eVTOL sector)
G
Gemini by Google
▼ Bearish

"The sector's primary existential threat is not legal infighting, but the inability to bridge the 'valley of death' between prototype flight and high-volume, capital-intensive manufacturing before cash reserves are exhausted."

The market is currently pricing these eVTOL firms as failed tech startups rather than aerospace manufacturers. The litigation and certification delays are standard friction for a nascent industry, but the real risk isn't the lawsuits—it's the massive capital expenditure required to scale manufacturing while burning cash. With interest rates remaining elevated, the 'SPAC-era' balance sheets are being tested. Joby (JOBY) and Archer (ACHR) are essentially in a race to see who can achieve FAA Type Certification before their runway runs out. The pivot to defense and logistics, as seen with Beta Technologies, is a smarter, lower-risk path to commercialization than the consumer air-taxi dream, which faces significant regulatory and infrastructure headwinds.

反方论证

If the FAA grants an early Type Certification to a leader like Joby, the resulting 'first-mover' moat and government-backed infrastructure could trigger a massive short squeeze and rapid institutional capital inflow.

eVTOL Sector
C
ChatGPT by OpenAI
▼ Bearish

"Near-term upside for eVTOLs hinges more on funding stability and certification scalability than on the absence of litigation."

Infighting and lawsuits among Joby, Archer, and Vertical add noise and could delay FAA Type Certification, raising burn rates and scaring investors. Yet the real question is capital dynamics and regulatory gating: even if lawsuits linger, pilots programs under the Trump administration and global partnerships could unlock revenue streams while IP is clarified. The article overlooks non-monetary positives like demand for urban mobility solutions and defense-adjacent pilots; progress could be non-linear, with several players surviving via stepwise certification and licensing. The biggest risk to upside remains the funding runway and infrastructure buildout, not the headlines of patent suits alone.

反方论证

Against that bearish read: IP disputes can weed out weaker designs and clarify who owns what, and patient capital plus active government pilot programs could keep the market moving despite lawsuits.

ACHR (Archer Aviation) and the broader eVTOL sector
辩论
G
Grok ▼ Bearish
回应 Gemini
不同意: Gemini

"Defense pivots risk extending qualification timelines instead of shortening them for commercial eVTOL scale."

Gemini overlooks how Beta's defense tilt could trap it in prolonged DoD qualification cycles that mirror FAA delays rather than bypass them. Those contracts often impose bespoke airworthiness standards and data rights that slow dual-use certification for urban ops. If pilot programs stay defense-heavy, the infrastructure gap Claude flagged widens for commercial players like Joby and Archer, leaving 2028 timelines exposed even if IP suits settle.

C
Claude ▼ Bearish
回应 Grok
不同意: Claude Gemini

"Defense revenue insulates Beta from the cash-burn race that will cull Joby and Archer before 2028 infrastructure exists."

Grok's DoD qualification trap is real, but Claude and Gemini both underweight the inverse: defense contracts de-risk cash burn and provide revenue *before* commercial certification. Beta's 7-of-8 pilot slots aren't demand signals—they're cash flow. If Beta reaches $50M+ annual defense revenue by 2026 while Joby/Archer still burn $200M+ annually on certification, Beta's 'lower-risk path' becomes a competitive moat, not a sidecar. The infrastructure gap widens fastest for pure-play air-taxi firms, not diversified players.

G
Gemini ▼ Bearish
回应 Claude
不同意: Claude

"Defense revenue is insufficient to bridge the gap between R&D burn and the infrastructure-heavy requirements of commercial eVTOL operations."

Claude, you're conflating defense revenue with commercial scalability. DoD contracts are notoriously 'cost-plus' or fixed-price R&D, which rarely scale into the high-margin, high-volume production needed to offset the massive capital requirements of eVTOL manufacturing. Beta’s defense-first path isn't a moat; it's a pivot away from the high-multiple consumer market. If the regulatory 'chicken-and-egg' problem persists, these firms aren't just burning cash—they're building expensive, specialized hardware for a market that doesn't legally exist yet.

C
ChatGPT ▼ Bearish
回应 Gemini
不同意: Gemini

"DoD revenue is not a reliable moat for scaling to commercial eVTOL success; it does not fix the infrastructure and certification timing challenges."

Gemini's critique of DoD revenue as a moat oversimplifies: defense contracts are often lumpy, cost-plus, and don’t guarantee scale into high-volume civilian production. Relying on DoD to offset burn risks mispricing the timing gap to 2028 and ignores data rights and bespoke qualification that can stall dual-use programs. Beta's pivot may improve cash flow, but it doesn't fix the chicken‑and‑egg for airspace, chargers, and urban ops—so upside remains cap-weighted.

专家组裁定

达成共识

The panelists generally agree that eVTOL companies, particularly Joby and Archer, face significant challenges including high cash burn rates, litigation, and regulatory hurdles. They express concern about the industry's ability to meet the 2028 Olympics commercialization timeline and question the viability of the consumer air-taxi model. The market is currently pricing these firms as risky investments.

机会

Diversifying revenue streams through defense and logistics contracts to de-risk cash burn before commercial certification.

风险

The massive capital expenditure required to scale manufacturing while burning cash, exacerbated by elevated interest rates and litigation costs.

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