Joby Aviation partners with Atom to build U.S. vertiport network
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Atoms, the Industrial AI and Infrastructure company, and Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), the company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced a strategic partnership to acquire and develop vertiport sites in the United States. The companies will initially focus on Florida, New York, and Texas, the markets where Joby is preparing to launch early operations under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), as well as California. Joby's aircraft is approaching commercial readiness. The company has flown its first FAA-conforming aircraft and entered the final stage of FAA type certification. Piloted flights across the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City have demonstrated its operational capability. As air taxis move from certification to early operations, the constraint will shift to the ground: aircraft will need places to land, charge, and connect passengers to the rest of their journey. Building that infrastructure rapidly, in the right locations, and at scale is expected to be the critical path to making electric flight part of daily life. "Smart cities require innovative real estate and infrastructure development," said Travis Kalanick, Founder and CEO of Atoms. "As new transport modes and smart city services become available, designing and deploying a new asset class to support them is critical. We're focused...
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