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Commercial air taxi service launches by late 2026
“We've agreed with the FAA on every detail of the design, not just testing. The FAA designated engineering representatives have signed off on each of those drawings before we start making them. Then the full aircraft comes together and we now begin flying it. First step is Joby pilots fly that aircraft... [Commercial rides begin] as soon as the end of this year.”
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Joby aircraft are 100 times quieter than helicopters
“At the core, this is an electric aircraft that can take off and land like a helicopter, but it has a wing. And so it can transition and fly on that wing that makes it more efficient and it makes it quieter. The acoustics are critical to what we're trying to build. We want a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that you can land as close to the communities that you're looking to serve.”
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Toyota partnership enables rapid manufacturing scale
“Toyota is one of our most significant investors. And we chose Toyota early on, one, because the Toyota family has dreamt about building aircraft for daily transportation, dating all the way back to the 1930s. Two, Toyota is known around the world for the quality and the reliability with which they build.”
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AI increases engineering productivity by ten times
“I think it's really important to talk about what a game changer AI is. You take one of the greatest aerodynamic minds on the planet and you enable him with something that makes him 10x as productive. The benefits compound in a crazy way. This is the most profound technology, I think, in the history of humanity.”
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Autonomous flight is essential for mass scale
“As you want to scale from hundreds in a community to thousands and then tens of thousands, you really want to do that with autonomy. I think this is another area where the administration and the FAA, the DOT are really leaning in to look at how do we make our airspace safer and how do we increase the capacity of it.”