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Joby Selects Toray to Supply Carbon Fiber for eVTOL Aircraft
The long-term agreement represents another step in the development of the four-seat all-electric model.
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Japan's Toray Advanced Composites is supplying the carbon fiber used for the fuselages of Joby's eVTOL aircraft. (Photo: Joby Aviation)

Joby Aviation will employ composite materials supplied by Toray Advanced Composites to build its family of eVTOL aircraft. The two companies announced a long-term supply agreement on December 8 covering unspecified quantities of carbon fiber to be used in the fuselages of Joby’s initial four-seat model.

Japan-based Toray has already started supplying prepreg carbon fiber for an unspecified number of aircraft. These are being delivered to Joby Aviation’s headquarters in California from Toray's U.S. production facilities, with the supplier having committed to delivery rate increases as required by the program. 

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