Facts

• Company: Joby Aviation
• Product type: Other
• Status: preproduction
• Capability focus: Electric Air Taxi Production
• Website: https://www.jobyaviation.com/technology

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Timeline / Research
• Sources

Summary

Joby's electric air taxi is a piloted eVTOL aircraft designed for commercial passenger air mobility. Toyota is supporting manufacturing methods and production scaling for the aircraft.

Overview

Joby's electric air taxi is a piloted eVTOL aircraft designed for commercial passenger air mobility. Toyota is supporting manufacturing methods and production scaling for the aircraft.

Market context

Joby's electric air taxi is a piloted eVTOL aircraft designed for commercial passenger air mobility. Toyota is supporting manufacturing methods and production scaling for the aircraft.

Audience

Passengers

Workflow

electric air taxi production

Capability

electric air taxi production

Deployment environment

Joby electric air taxi operating environments

Positioning tags

• Audience: Passengers
• Workflow: electric air taxi production
• Capability: electric air taxi production
• Deployment environment: Joby electric air taxi operating environments

Specifications

• Aircraft Type: Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft
• Production Partner: Toyota Motor Corporation manufacturing alliance

Timeline / Research

• 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.
• 2024-04-25 - Partnership - Joby signs Abu Dhabi electric air taxi ecosystem agreement - The agreement covered work with Abu Dhabi mobility and economic development agencies.
• 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.