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‘Tesla meets Uber in the air’

Joby Aviation leads eVTOL, ride-sharing market

November 1, 2021 By Thomas A. Horne
Joby Aviation reports that it has completed its previously announced business combination with special purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Partners (NYSE: RTP) and now Joby is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, under the JOBY ticker symbol. As of August 13, Joby shares opened at $11.31 per share.
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NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign is conducting a test campaign to study the acoustic signature of Joby’s S4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. Joby is the first company to fly an all-electric eVTOL aircraft in the AAM National Campaign.
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Its fund-raising job completed, RTP changed its name to “Joby Aviation Inc.”

Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and co-lead director of RTP, said “With its advanced technology, we believe Joby is ‘Tesla meets Uber in the air,’ and is the clear leader in the eVTOL and aerial ridesharing space. We believe Joby is well-positioned with capital to be the first company to certification and commercialization. Closing this business combination accelerates Joby’s roadmap.”

The “transaction values Joby at $4.5 billion enterprise value,” the company said. Proceeds raised for the RTP-Joby combination, “plus cash on the balance sheet as of March 31, 2021, equaling approximately $1.6 billion are expected to fund Joby through initial commercial operations.”

So far, Joby reports that more than 1,000 test flights of the Joby eVTOL have been logged. Recently, the aircraft flew a record 154-mile nonstop flight. Joby expects its eVTOL to enter service as soon as 2024.

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Thomas A. Horne
Thomas A. Horne
AOPA Pilot Editor at Large
AOPA Pilot Editor at Large Tom Horne has worked at AOPA since the early 1980s. He began flying in 1975 and has an airline transport pilot and flight instructor certificates. He’s flown everything from ultralights to Gulfstreams and ferried numerous piston airplanes across the Atlantic.
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