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Aerial Ride-Sharing Joby Aviation Vision
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Joby Aviation’s vision for aerial ride-sharing could make your commute five times faster – as well as cleaner, safer, and better for your city. Read on to learn more about the Joby S4.
Aerial Ride-Sharing – The Joby Perspective on UAM
By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Guest Contributor
This week at the Electric & Hybrid Aerospace Technology Virtual ‘Live,’ Gregor Veble Mikić, Flight Physics Lead for Joby Aviation, discussed their eVTOL S4 aircraft and business model, worth noting as they are valued at more than $6BUSD and climbing.
Mikić described the S4 as a “distillation of many efforts in development for 10 years.” It features a range of over 240km at a speed of over 340km/hour; seats for 5 people (1 pilot + 4 passengers), low acoustic signature (65dBA at 100m hover), and contains “airline-level triple redundancy in safety.”
The company’s vision is to launch a global-scale vertical integrated ground-based taxi service like Uber for…
Source: dronelife.com
