It’s time to dream bigger. Our vision is to save a billion people an hour a day.

36º 59’ 10.536” N122º 2’ 12.696” W

Our story starts

in Santa Cruz, CA

back in 2025

Origins
2009
The Beginning
Redwoods, Santa Cruz
Tucked in the misty redwoods above Santa Cruz, seven engineers gathered in a workshop.
They weren’t just building an aircraft. They were chasing a dream. What if flight could be quiet, clean, convenient — a part of everyday life?
Imagine getting to work without traffic. Seeing your city from the clouds. Saying “yes” to dinner across town.
The sky shouldn’t be off limits. It should be a shortcut. A sigh of relief. A daily moment of awe. Because when you lift above the noise, everything shifts — your view, your pace, your possibilities.
Origins
2009
Imagine getting to work without traffic. Seeing your city from the clouds. Saying “yes” to dinner across town.
The sky shouldn’t be off limits. It should be a shortcut. A sigh of relief. A daily moment of awe. Because when you lift above the noise, everything shifts — your view, your pace, your possibilities.
From the electric motors to airframes and propellers, the aircraft was designed from the ground up. It was slow, hands-on, and humbling. They started over again and again. Relentlessly refining for reliability, performance, and precision.
This wasn’t just a technical challenge. It meant designing an entire ecosystem: infrastructure, software, and service, all working in sync with the cities we love.
The vision? To choreograph entire trips with just a few taps, from ride-share to skyport to destination. No gridlock. No stress. Just time, reclaimed.
Origins
This wasn’t just a technical challenge. It meant designing an entire ecosystem: infrastructure, software, and service, all working in sync with the cities we love.
The vision? To choreograph entire trips with just a few taps, from ride-share to skyport to destination. No gridlock. No stress. Just time, reclaimed.
Redwoods
What began as a dream in the trees has since grown into a global effort to bring electric flight to life. Because cleaner skies mean a healthier planet. Less traffic means more time. And future generations deserve both.
Origins
Redwoods
Santa Cruz
California
Breakthroughs
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The Beginning

Subscale Demonstrator

Full-Scale Demonstrator

Partnership with Toyota

Pre-Production Prototype

An Expanded Partnership with Uber

Single Charge Flight Milestone

Joby Goes Public

First FAA Production Inspection

Part 135

Partnership with Delta


First Aircraft Off the Line

First Flight in NYC

Hydrogen-Electric Demo Flight

First Inhabited Transition

Investment from Toyota

Scaled Production

Acquisition of Blade

50,000 Miles of Flight

Day and night, a small team of seven engineers work out of “The Barn,” our workshop in the redwoods above Santa Cruz. We explore the frontiers of technologies like electric motors, flight software, and lithium-ion batteries, engineering almost every component from the ground up.

After many years of subscale testing and analysis, our subscale technology demonstrator flies for the first time.

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After countless hours of engineering, our first full-scale demonstrator takes to the skies.

As well as becoming a strategic investor in Joby, Toyota deploys dozens of engineers to work alongside our team, lending their expertise on factory layout, manufacturing process development and high-volume production.

Our pre-production prototype begins a rigorous flight testing program.

We expand our partnership with Uber to integrate our aerial ridesharing service into the Uber app across U.S. launch markets. Uber increases its investment in Joby, and we acquire Elevate, bringing its software and launch expertise in-house.

Over the course of the year, our pre-production prototype flies more than 5,300 miles, including a flight of 154.6 miles on a single charge.

Joby lists on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:JOBY)

We build a second pre-production prototype, completing our first FAA production conformity inspection and officially begin our journey to become the first certified eVTOL airline.

We receive our Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate, which allows Joby to operate a commercial air taxi service.

We sign a multi-year, multi-city partnership with Delta Air Lines to deliver a home-to-airport air taxi service will seamlessly integrate Joby flights into the Delta customer experience.

We launch production at our Pilot Production Plant in Marina, CA, with the first aircraft rolling off the line in June to begin flight testing.

We complete the first-ever electric air taxi demonstration flight in New York City, marking our first urban flight and a major step toward bringing clean, quiet air travel to one of the world’s busiest cities.

We successfully fly a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-electric air taxi demonstrator 523 miles, marking a major step toward zero-emission regional flight with water as the only by-product.

We successfully complete our first full transition flight with a pilot onboard, marking a major step toward FAA flight testing and bringing us closer to commercial operations.

We deepen our partnership with Toyota through the successful close of the first $250 million tranche of their strategic investment, accelerating certification, production, and our shared goal of transforming how the world moves.

We expand our Marina, CA site to double our aircraft production capacity and open our scaled production site in Dayton, OH to manufacture and test components, marking a major step toward scaled commercial operations.

We complete our acquisition of Blade Air Mobility’s passenger business, gaining access to its established terminals and loyal flyers in key markets like New York and Southern Europe, positioning Joby for a faster entry into commercial service.

We surpass 50,000 miles of flight across our fleet, affirming Joby’s leadership in EVTOL flight testing and development.

Joby today

We’re a community of engineers and visionaries bringing the dream of everyday flight to life through world-class manufacturing and technology.

Team members on board

2000+

Year founded

2009

Joby locations worldwide

15

Miles flown

50k+

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Zero operating emissions90% fewer emissions than a helicopter40% fewer emissions than an average car