Joby Aviation is bringing its first commercial air taxi charging system to John Wayne Airport as it gets closer to launching electric air taxi services to Southern California.
Santa Cruz-based Joby, which is developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, said the installation is part of Clay Lacy Aviation’s $100 million redevelopment of its fixed-based operator terminal at the airport. The charger should be done by mid-2025.
The company’s Global Electric Aviation Charging System is already in use at Joby’s flight test center in Marina and at Edwards Air Force Base. The system supports the operation of all electric aircraft under development there, including Joby’s air taxi.
Joby Aviation has been doing business in Marina for more than five years, building and testing its electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles for commercial passenger service.
Its aircraft is designed to transport a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 mph, with a maximum range of 100 miles. The company plans to operate the aircraft as part of aerial ridesharing networks in cities around the world, starting in 2025, building on partnerships it has developed with Delta and Uber.
In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft at the company’s flight test facility in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)
In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft at the company’s flight test facility in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)
In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft at the company’s flight test facility in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)
In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft at the company’s flight test facility in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)
An image of the Joby Aviation S4 aircraft during its test flight around the Marina Municipal Airport captured from an accompanying chase aircraft and displayed on a large-screen monitor at the Joby event on Oct. 13, 2022. (James Herrera/Monterey Herald)
Joby Aviation Inc. got a crucial green light from US regulators in its quest to build electrically powered air taxis. Seen here is the company’s 55,000-square-foot facility used for the pilot aircraft assembly and part of the company’s manufacturing of its air taxi vehicle. (James Herrera/Monterey Herald)
In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft in flight above the company’s facilities in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)
In this 2022 photo provided by Joby Aviation is Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft in flight above the company’s facilities in Marina, Calif. The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. An agreement announced Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, between the state and Joby Aviation Inc. will bring air taxi production to a 140-acre site at Dayton International Airport by 2025. (Eric Adams/Joby Aviation via AP)
Companies that have experienced accidents with air taxis include Joby Aviation Inc. On Feb. 16 in a remote testing facility near Jolon, a physical component on Joby’s six-propeller craft broke in midair. (Photo courtesy of Joby Aviation)
Joby Aviation experienced a high-profile crash Feb. 16 in a remote testing facility near Jolon. A physical component on Joby’s six-propeller craft broke in midair, three people told Bloomberg. (Photo courtesy of Joby Aviation)
Joby in October 2022 announced its partnership with Delta Air Lines to deliver home-to-airport transportation service to Delta customers, starting in Los Angeles and New York.
“(Monday’s) announcement marks a key moment on the path to delivering our air taxi service in the greater Los Angeles area,” said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby, in a news release. “We’re taking concrete steps to ensure the right infrastructure is in place to support our future service, and we’re grateful to be working with an industry pioneer like Clay Lacy Aviation to lead the way on bringing sustainable aviation to Southern California.
“The charging technology we have developed is optimized to support our whole industry, from air taxis delivering short range city flights to more conventional electric aircraft flying longer distances,” he said.
Joby made the specifications for its universal charging interface free to the wider industry in November 2023, according to Bevirt, with a goal of helping accelerate “the transition to clean flight.”
The company has about 400 employees at the company’s manufacturing and flight testing facilities in Marina – one of three Joby sites in California. Others are in Santa Cruz and San Carlos.
In September, about six months ahead of schedule, Joby Aviation delivered its first aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft was the first built on Joby’s Pilot Production Line in Marina and is believed to be the first delivery of an electric air taxi in the United States.
That aircraft was part of a $131 million contract Joby has with the US Air Force.
The installation of a charger at John Wayne Airport will establish the site as a node in Joby’s Southern California air taxi network, which is expected to be one of the first networks to launch in the U.S.
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