Joby forms manufacturing JV with Toyota to scale production of its S4 eVTOL aircraft.

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    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819848/000181984826000378/joby-20260629.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-06-30",
    "filing_year": 2026,
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