{"id":19151,"date":"2024-11-06T13:19:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T05:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/battery9999.com\/en\/?p=19151"},"modified":"2024-11-06T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T05:19:09","slug":"air-taxi-featured-flown-at-toyota-center-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/battery9999.com\/en\/air-taxi-featured-flown-at-toyota-center-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Taxi Featured, Flown at Toyota Center in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flying taxi<\/a><\/span>\u00a0company\u00a0<\/span>Joby Aviation<\/a><\/span>\u00a0conducted exhibition flights with Toyota in Japan, in the\u00a0<\/span>eVTOL<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(electric vertical takeoff and landing) company\u2019s first flights outside the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

The flights and showcasing of the Joby\u00a0<\/span>electric aerial vehicle<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(EAV) were at the Toyota Higashi-Fuji Technical Center in Shizuoka, Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Toyota has been investing in Joby since 2019, starting with Toyota Ventures, in addition to sharing knowledge of the Toyota systems for planning, manufacturing methods and tooling design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the weather is not on our side today, over the past few days our team has flown a number of exhibition flights right here in the skies above us\u00a0<\/span>\u2013<\/span><\/span>\u00a0these are the first flights Joby has ever completed outside the United States, and they mark an incredible milestone on our journey,\u201d said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is a moment we have been looking forward to for a long time and marks a significant milestone on our journey towards making clean air travel an everyday reality. We share Toyota’s vision for the future of air travel and are honored to have had the opportunity to present a glimpse of that future through our exhibition flight in Japan.”<\/span><\/p>\n