Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing

Rachel Warren

πŸ‘€ Person
554 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

The big issue here, as Lou noted as well, I mean, this is a model which is currently very unprofitable and companies are trying to figure out how exactly they're going to generate revenue in a sustainable way.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

It's very expensive to operate these models.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

Many of these developers are banking on future profitability.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

They're hoping that they can, you know, enact aggressive cost reduction as production scales up.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

And I will say, I think that one of the more profitable areas that we

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

cargo delivery, government defense contracts, beyond passenger air taxis.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

As exciting as it is to think of more and more consumers ordering their passenger air taxi to get from point A to point B, I don't necessarily see that being adopted as quickly as some of the more industrial use cases.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

But I think we're really very much at the beginning of where this market could go.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

One final thing I'll note, what's really, really key for adoption here is also having the regulatory guardrails in place.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

And we've seen some movement where that's concerned even in the U.S.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

specifically.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

So earlier this year, the FAA, they finalized new rules for the first new civil aircraft category since the 1940s.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

This is for powered lift aircraft.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

And that provides a clear regulatory path for pilot training and certification for F-TAL aircraft.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

They've established an F-TAL integration pilot program to accelerate the deployment of these aircrafts.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

There's a lot of exciting things happening behind the scenes that are going to really lay the groundwork for this infrastructure to build out over time.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

time.

Motley Fool Money
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?

I'm going to say Archer just to be contrarian to Lou, but I also really like the business.

Motley Fool Money
What’s a Waymo Anyway?

I think for now, yes, they have a significant lead.

Motley Fool Money
What’s a Waymo Anyway?

You know, as you noted, Waymo is offering fully driverless rides to the public.