• America's Consortium for Electric Skyways (ACES) — launched by Archer Aviation, BETA Technologies and Macquarie Capital — announces plans to bring its interoperable charging network to Texas to support Texas’s Department of Transportation (TxDOT) air taxi operations under the White House's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP).
  • The consortium plans to work with the Texas Department of Transportation over the coming months to identify where aircraft operators plan to fly under the eIPP — and where charging infrastructure should be best located to enable operations.
  • TxDOT was selected for the eIPP program in March 2026 and is positioned to be one of the states leading the way in the rollout of this new technology.
  • TxDOT and ACES have a shared goal of connecting the Texas Triangle (Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Houston) and rural communities with air taxi networks expanding from each city to extend regional reach.
     

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