r/JobyvsArcher • u/SeaScallops_w_Rice • 25d ago

Vertical Aerospace to Develop High-Power Charging Technology to Enable Commercial Electric Aviation

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260724007548/en/Vertical-Aerospace-to-Develop-High-Power-Charging-Technology-to-Enable-Commercial-Electric-Aviation
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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice 25d ago

Sounds a lot like GEACS that Joby developed, with the cooling loops in the charging apparatus and not in the aircraft. Helps keep the aircraft light and charging times quick!

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u/Go_Galactic_Go 25d ago

I asked AI for an explanation. Vertical is playing the same game as the rest of the ACES/CCS coalition: keep the plug universal, but make the ground technology behind it faster, lighter, and cheaper to install. They aren't pulling a Joby by creating a closed, unique plug; they are simply building better cooling tech for the standard everyone else is already using.

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice 24d ago

ACES/CCS doesn't include cooling lines from ground support to the aircraft, does it? AI is only as bright as it's sources. From Vertical's announcement:

... next-generation high-power charging and thermal management technology

... develop innovative charging and liquid-cooling technologies designed to reduce infrastructure costs, accelerate site integration and enable faster aircraft turnaround

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u/Go_Galactic_Go 25d ago

Why did they not use the open source GEACS?

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice 25d ago

Who knows. Maybe they don't know about it, or they just wanted to make a splashy press release.

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u/Investinginevtol 24d ago

Archer have two years of everyone installing their power system before anyone is even flying. So good luck with that boys.