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Shift: A podcast about mobility

Joby Aviation’s Eric Allison foresees air mobility taking off in 2025

Shift: A podcast about mobility

Automotive News

Business

4.831 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The head of product at the eVTOL startup breaks down the FAA certification process, discusses the company’s partnerships with Delta Air Lines and Uber, and explains how Toyota, a key investor, has imprinted its culture onto Joby’s plans to scale.

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Hi everybody, welcome to Shift, a podcast about mobility. I'm Pete Bigelow, your host.

1:29.4

In late April, an announcement from Toyota caught my interest. The automaker signed a long-term

1:34.2

agreement with Air Mobility startup Joby Aviation in which Toyota is supplying key power

1:39.3

train and actuation components for future E-Vetol aircraft.

1:44.0

Fast forward to last week, I found myself in Marina, California

1:47.8

at Jobe Aviation's sprawling manufacturing facility

1:51.1

learning more about how Toyota's Kaizen approach has been

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