Joby Aviation is one of many companies working on a flying taxi, but it is also one of the most advanced. Here is ready for ten in which she develops her adav (aircraft vertical take-off and landing) equipped with six electric tilting rotors. Joby announces that it has reached a crucial milestone by breaking a record of speed in flight at 330 km/h. This would make the Joby S4 the fastest electric adav to date.
Achievement unlocked — speed! At 205 mph true airspeed, our first pre-production aircraft just completed what we believe to be the fastest flight of an eVTOL aircraft to date.
Next stop: 10,000 feet! pic.twitter.com/X9Lmb2OEzp
— Joby Aviation (@jobyaviation) January 21, 2022
Last July, the prototype had already beaten a record de distance covering 249 km on a charge in 77 minutes. Joby Aviation, which says it has completed more than 1,000 test flights with the S4, is now aiming for another symbolic mark: reaching 10,000 feet in altitude (3,048 meters).
The Joby S4 can carry four passengers plus a pilot. The manufacturer does not specify whether the announced records were achieved with a human presence on board. Joby is aiming for a commercial launch by 2024 in the United States, once it has obtained FAA approval. The company, which counts Toyota among its shareholders, acquired in 2020 Uber Elevate, the subsidiary created by the VTC service to develop a flying taxi.
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