Archer电动空中出租车完成旧金山湾区载人飞行:七城巡飞,Oakland跨湾约10分钟

加州 Santa Clara 县硅谷一带消息:Archer Aviation(NYSE: ACHR)10月19日宣布,其全电动 Midnight 空中出租车已在旧金山湾区完成数日载人飞行。航线自 Salinas 一路向北,经 Hollister、San Martin,抵达 San Jose、Mountain View 等 Santa Clara 县硅谷城市,再经 Hayward 落地 Oakland 国际机场,并多次飞越旧金山湾,这是该公司「No Roads」巡飞的北加州站。
Archer 表示,此次巡飞意在展示 Midnight 在湾区三座国际机场(旧金山、Oakland、San Jose)周边复杂空域中无缝运行的能力,这一带是全美最繁忙的飞行走廊之一。飞行同时让湾区社区近距离看到电动空中出租车的特点:低噪音、运行零排放,并能越过拥堵的高速公路,把地面一小时以上的车程缩短为 10 至 20 分钟的飞行。
据该公司数据,Midnight 从 Oakland 国际机场飞往旧金山 Marina District 约需 10 分钟,而同一路程驾车在高峰时段通常超过一小时。整个多城行程中,Midnight 三天飞越七座城市、航程超过 200 英里,最高时速达 131 英里。此前,Midnight 曾于 9 月 22 日在 2026 California International Airshow 上为数万名观众作载人飞行。
Archer 创始人兼首席执行官 Adam Goldstein 说:「湾区是世界创新中心,但即便在这里,美国人每年也要在桥上和高速公路的拥堵中耗掉数周时间。让 Midnight 飞越北加州多座城市,表明我们能以分钟而非小时连接社区,没有道路、没有拥堵、没有排放。」Archer 称,这次飞行得益于与美国联邦航空管理局(FAA)以及州和地方伙伴的密切协调。
Archer 称,湾区飞行之后,Midnight 下一站将前往 Los Angeles,公司正为在白宫电动垂直起降飞行器整合试点计划(eIPP)下运行做准备。Midnight 为全电动机型,设计用途是把 60 至 90 分钟的地面通勤替换为安静的短途飞行,可快速连续执行多次航班,运行排放为零。
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Archer Electric Air Taxi Completes Piloted Flights Over San Francisco Bay: Seven-City Tour, Oakland Crossing in About 10 Minutes
Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County, California: Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) announced on October 19 that its all-electric Midnight air taxi has completed several days of piloted flights in the San Francisco Bay Area. Beginning in Salinas, the route ran north through Hollister and San Martin to San Jose and Mountain View, both in Santa Clara County, then via Hayward to Oakland International Airport, with multiple flights over San Francisco Bay, as part of the company's 'No Roads' flight tour.
Archer said the Northern California flights were meant to showcase Midnight's ability to operate seamlessly in the complex airspace surrounding the Bay Area's three international airports, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, one of the busiest flight corridors in the country. The flights also let communities across the Bay Area see the benefits of electric air taxis firsthand: low noise, zero operating emissions, and the ability to skip over crowded highways, turning drives of an hour or more into 10- to 20-minute trips.
According to the company, Midnight completed its flight from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco's Marina District in about 10 minutes, a trip that routinely takes over an hour by car in traffic. During the multi-city journey, Midnight flew into seven cities over three days, covered more than 200 miles and reached a top speed of 131 mph. On September 22, Midnight had conducted piloted flights before tens of thousands of attendees at the 2026 California International Airshow.
'The Bay Area is the innovation center of the world, but even here Americans lose multiple weeks a year sitting in traffic on bridges and highways,' said Adam Goldstein, Archer's founder and CEO. 'Flying Midnight across multiple cities in Northern California shows we can connect communities with no roads, no traffic, and no emissions in minutes instead of hours.' Archer said the flights were made possible by close coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and state and local partners.
Archer said that after the Bay Area, Midnight will head to Los Angeles next as the company prepares to operate under the White House's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP). The all-electric Midnight is designed to replace 60- to 90-minute ground commutes with quiet, short flights, conducting rapid back-to-back trips with zero operating emissions.
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图片来源:图:Archer 全电动 Midnight 空中出租车(注册号 N703AX)飞越旧金山湾,背景为 Alcatraz 岛与旧金山天际线。Archer Aviation 官方发布图片。Photo: Archer Aviation's all-electric Midnight air taxi (N703AX) flying over San Francisco Bay, with Alcatraz Island and the San Francisco skyline behind it. Official photo released by Archer Aviation.
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