Joby Aviation

Several startups came onto the scene in the mid- to late 2010s touting the promise of hydrogen-electric propulsion for zero-emission regional aviation.

Vertical Aerospace CEO Stuart Simpson has been hammering home his central pitch.

Joby plans to issue $600 million in convertible senior notes and sell about 52.9 million common shares at $11.35 each.

While commercial passenger services have yet to materialize, the defense sector is shaping up to be a more immediate market for advanced air mobility companies.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank and Private Export Funding Corp. have agreed to provide Eve Air Mobility with financing.

As Joby moves toward certification, its executives are increasingly focused on operations planning and the steps needed to build an eVTOL airline.

Joby Aviation has accepted the first of two flight simulators developed in partnership with CAE.

The new year is set to be a critical one for the emerging advanced air mobility industry.

Joby Aviation has partnered with Metropolis Technologies to develop an initial network of 25 vertiports across the U.S.

Joby Aviation plans to double its U.S. manufacturing capacity to support production of up to four aircraft per month by 2027.

China’s TCab Technology has joined the select group of startups that have transitioned between thrustborne vertical and wingborne horizontal flight.

Prague-based hybrid-VTOL startup Zuri is planning a major shift from years of subscale demonstrators to a full-envelope tiltrotor prototype flight campaign in 2026.

Advanced air mobility startups are looking to defense for early revenues, so Electra.aero is forming a dedicated defense unit to pursue potential military uses.

Joby has sued its main competitor Archer over alleged theft of trade secrets and intellectual property by a former employee.

VerdeGo Aero has started low-rate production of its turbine-based hybrid-electric VH-4T-RD propulsion system.

For years the question for the AAM market was about technology. Now the question is market viability.

Archer and Joby have both announced plans to launch flight testing in Saudi Arabia, part of an effort to establish air taxi services in the kingdom.

Joby Aviation has detailed the path by which it hopes to gain approval to launch passenger operations in the United Arab Emirates.

The 2025 Dubai Airshow featured perhaps the strongest advanced air mobility (AAM) showing of any major airshow to date.

Air taxi developer Joby is marking its debut at Dubai Airshow as the first-ever eVTOL company to perform aerial demonstrations here as it prepares to launch local services next year.

Joby’s hybrid eVTOL; maritime drone demonstrations; Tokyo air taxis; and advancing additive manufacturing.

Electric air taxi developer Joby is the sole aviation launch customer for Nvidia’s latest AI edge processor.

Followers of the emerging eVTOL industry often speak of the “Big Three” Western startups: Archer, Beta Technologies and Joby. But should there be a “Big Four”?

Joby Aviation plans to bring hybrid-electric propulsion to its commercial air taxis.

As U.S. eVTOL startups look ahead to the start of certification flight testing with the FAA, questions remain.