Joby Aviation

Our four passenger aircraft takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter, then smoothly transitions to forward flight. Its all-electric powertrain allows for near silent cruise, while accelerating the shift to sustainable transportation. Designed with high levels of redundancy to avoid single points of failure, our piloted aircraft will get you comfortably and reliably to your destination. 200 MPH 150+ MILES on a single charge 100× quieter than conventional aircraft 0 carbon emissions VISION The Future of Air Transportation Congestion is bad… and getting worse. Transportation systems in many of our cities are at the breaking point, while population growth, urbanization, and underfunded infrastructure remain powerful trends. This is leading to ever-longer commute times and lower quality of life. We envision a world freed from the constraints of ground-based transportation, where daily life is no longer defined by hours wasted sitting in traffic⁠—a world of more abundant time to spend how you value most, and the freedom to choose where to work, play, and call home. First: The Aircraft For more than ten years, we have been quietly developing the most advanced and comfortable electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, designed specifically to pioneer the air taxi market. To date, we have been squarely focused on the hard business of aircraft development. The right vehicle is the key to unlocking the usage and scale necessary to make daily air transportation accessible for all. Next: The Service As children, we all dreamt of one day owning a "flying car." However, we believe the safest and most affordable way to deliver air transportation to everyone is to operate these vehicles and deliver air transportation-as-a-service directly to riders. This approach allows us to ensure highly-trained pilots are flying our vehicles, while we continually optimize the service to steadily lower prices. Finally: The Vision: Air Transportation for All We aim to make this mode of transportation affordable and accessible to everyone. From inception, the fully-electric powertrain enables lower fuel costs, less maintenance, and faster speeds, allowing operating expenses to be spread over a larger number of trips. Over time, we will scale the service—increasing manufacturing volume, vertiport infrastructure, and usage—to steadily lower passenger pricing, eventually approaching the cost of ground transportation today. We recognize that reaching this scale will take time, but this has always been a long-term journey. We've been quietly working on this problem for 10 years already, and we're in it for the long haul. HISTORY 2009-2014 Joby Aviation is founded in 2009 to revolutionize personal transportation with electric VTOL aircraft. Over the following years, Joby develops simultaneous capabilities in rapid prototyping, advanced carbon fiber structures, high-fidelity aerodynamics analysis, and electric motor design. Through analysis and subscale flight tests, Joby designs and evaluates many different electric VTOL aircraft configurations. 2014-2017 Joby settles on the optimal configuration and begins developing technology demonstrators. Early subscale testing followed by hundreds of full-scale test flights throughout the hover, transition, and wingborne flight regimes prove the design is reliable, quiet, efficient, and well-suited to the air taxi mission. 2017-Present Joby develops and begins flight testing production prototypes on the path towards polished products ready for certification, production, and operation. Joby opens its formal certification program with the FAA.