Facts

• Segment: Aerial
• Country: United States
• Website: https://www.jobyaviation.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Joby Aviation develops electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for air-taxi service. Toyota is supporting its scaled aircraft production through a strategic manufacturing alliance.

Market context

Joby Aviation develops electric aircraft, flight-control systems and manufacturing infrastructure for advanced air mobility operations.

Products

• Joby electric air taxi

Facts

• Website: https://www.jobyaviation.com/
• HQ: Santa Cruz, California, United States
• Segment: Aerial

Events

• 2026-06-30 - Partnership - Joby and Toyota launch strategic manufacturing alliance - The alliance focuses on manufacturing methods and production scaling for Joby's electric air taxi.
• 2025-08-06 - Production Milestone - Joby moves first FAA-conforming aircraft into final assembly - The aircraft was intended for Type Inspection Authorization flight tests.
• 2025-06-30 - Deployment - Joby begins piloted eVTOL flight work in Dubai - The Dubai work included piloted vertical-takeoff-and-landing wingborne flights.
• 2024-11-02 - Demonstration - Toyota and Joby complete first air taxi flight in Japan - The demonstration followed Toyota's additional investment commitment in Joby.
• 2024-09-10 - Market Signal - Toyota commits additional $500 million investment in Joby - The investment brought Toyota's total planned investment in Joby to $894 million.
• 2024-04-25 - Partnership - Joby signs Abu Dhabi electric air taxi ecosystem agreement - The agreement covered work with Abu Dhabi mobility and economic development agencies.
• 2024-02-21 - Regulatory - Joby completes third stage of FAA type certification process - The milestone moved Joby into the fourth stage of FAA type certification.
• 2023-09-25 - Deployment - Joby delivers first eVTOL aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base - The aircraft began flying at Edwards under Joby's AFWERX Agility Prime contract.
• 2023-09-18 - Facility Opening - Joby selects Dayton site for scaled eVTOL manufacturing facility - The planned facility was designed to support up to 500 aircraft per year.
• 2023-06-28 - Production Milestone - Joby launches production and receives permit to fly production-line aircraft - The aircraft was built on Joby's pilot production line in Marina, California.
• 2022-10-11 - Partnership - Delta and Joby partner on home-to-airport air taxi service - Delta made a $60 million upfront equity investment in Joby with potential expansion to $200 million tied to milestones.
• 2022-05-26 - Regulatory - Joby receives FAA Part 135 air carrier certificate - The certificate lets Joby operate as an air carrier while it continues aircraft type certification.
• 2021-02-24 - Market Signal - Joby announces NYSE listing through Reinvent Technology Partners merger - The transaction positioned Joby as a public-market eVTOL aircraft developer.

Operations / Deployments

• 2023-09-18 - Facility Opening - Joby selects Dayton site for scaled eVTOL manufacturing facility - The planned facility was designed to support up to 500 aircraft per year.
• 2023-06-28 - Production Milestone - Joby launches production and receives permit to fly production-line aircraft - The aircraft was built on Joby's pilot production line in Marina, California.

Supply chain relationships

• Toyota Motor Corporation - manufacturing alliance partner - Joby Aviation and Toyota Motor Corporation launched the initial phase of a strategic manufacturing alliance for scaled electric air-taxi production.

Relationships

• UAE ecosystem partner - Joby signed a multilateral agreement with Abu Dhabi agencies to support an electric air taxi ecosystem.
• Delta air taxi partner - Delta and Joby formed a commercial and operational partnership for home-to-airport air taxi service.
• Toyota Motor Corporation - strategic investor - Toyota committed additional strategic capital to Joby to support certification and commercial production.

Customers and deployments

• Edwards First Aircraft Delivery - 1 aircraft delivered - 2023-09-25 - U.S. Air Force - defense flight operations - Joby delivered its first eVTOL aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base for U.S. Air Force operations under Ag…
• Planned Annual Aircraft Capacity - up to 500 aircraft/year - 2023-09-18 - Dayton eVTOL manufacturing facility - eVTOL manufacturing - Joby selected a Dayton International Airport site for scaled eVTOL manufacturing with…