We Go Inside Joby Aviation’s Pilot Production Facility as It Starts eVTOL Production - FutureFlight

AIN traveled to Marina, California, to see first-hand how Joby Aviation is getting ready to mass-produce eVTOL aircraft it says will transform transportation in and around crowded cities. With help from Japanese automotive giant Toyota, Joby’s aircraft combines advanced composite materials manufacturing technology with its in-house-designed electric propulsion system. Joby is planning for its four-passenger electric aircraft to enter service in 2025.
________________________________________________________________________
Visit www.ainonline.com for all the latest on the aviation industry, and AIN sister site bjtonline.com for the most comprehensive resource available for anyone using-or interested in trying-private flight. Visit FutureFlight.aero for all the news on developing aviation technology.
Subscribe to the daily AIN Alerts newsletter: www.ainonline.com/ain-alerts-...
Subscribe to the FutureFlight newsletter: connect.ainonline.com/futuref...
Subscribe to BJT Waypoints: www.bjtonline.com/subscribe
Follow AIN on Instagram: / ain_online
Like AIN on Facebook: / ainpublications
Follow AIN on Twitter: / ainonline
Follow AIN on LinkedIn: / aviationinternationalnews
Follow FutureFlight on Instagram: / futureflightain
Like FutureFlight on Facebook: / futureflightain
Follow FutureFlight on Twitter: / futureflightain
Follow FutureFlight on LinkedIn: / futureflight
Follow BJT on Instagram: / bjtonline
Like BJT on Facebook: / business.jet.traveler
Follow BJT on Twitter: / bjtonline
Follow BJT on Linkedin: / business-jet-traveler
Aviation International News: www.ainonline.com
Business Jet Traveler: www.bjtonline.com
FutureFlight: futureflight.aero
#aviation #airplane #news

[@jdweekley]

These prototypes fly over my house every time they sortie. When people from other parts of the country ask me where I live, I tell them, "I live in the FUTURE!"

[@FirstLast_Nba]

Amazing, a few years and this will be a serious game changer.

[@mitseraffej5812]

Good decision to be both the manufacturer and operator. Nothing does a product reputation more harm than losing control over how it is going to be used. Totally autonomous flight is what they should be aiming for, this will give them absolute control over how the product will be used.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

I can't wait to see these in regular service in various cities. I worked in aircraft design for over 15 years and I can see so many advantages in these, but safety is the biggest one. It has 6 pods, but 12 twelve motor systems.

[@nickoutram6939]

I think it was Elon Musk who stated that building an efficient production line for a product was 10x harder than the product itself...

[@ecase727]

Besides the governmental hurdles to get past with such new tech, the biggest issue will be the range and recharge limitations. It is very hard to beat the energy density of aviation fuels, even with the “inefficiency” of the internal combustion engine conversion. I have been in the aviation industry for 40 years, in time I’m sure this will get worked out. How much it will catch on as a practical matter, the market will tell you, but have to admit it is exciting to think about the possibilities.

[@evandrodaolio]

Go Joby!!!! I am a shareholder

[@nikobelic4251]

Boeing used to operate their own airplanes. That’s how United was started. Anti-Trust broke them apart

[@mendesnelson]

Great video

[@bille2298]

SO AWESOME !!!!

[@bread8176]

If Toyota's claims about their upcoming solid state batteries are anywhere near accurate, that could be huge for Joby

[@dennisreynolds9202]

Happy to see it going somewhere. I pick up a lot of share. Can't wait to see $250 for it or even $450.

[@JohannNorris]

I think you guys are using solid stage batteries 🔋 I also fly drones since 2010 and I also customize my own drones, build my own from air frame

[@BlueEyed888]

I want my JOBY merch! 😍

[@modellbobby]

Didier is chief of everything :D

[@williamlai29]

Great! So how do they handle the pigeon problem?

[@Ben-gg9in]

I knew that Joby was the right EVTOL to do better than the competition.

[@CombatSport777]

Has joby experimented with toroidal propellors?

[@kinkymonkey5815]

They look awesome and seem to truly become reality! Cant wait to fly in one of this! ❤ p.s. 40 ft ... google .... 12.20m ...

[@RussLinzmeier]

At the very end of this video the aircraft made a very slow and very gentle landing but it had serious deflection of it's outboard wingtip motor ... would like to see how those big heavy motors bounce around during a hard landing on a windy day .