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Joby Signs Up Partners to Develop Skyport Network For eVTOL Air Taxis
The eVTOL aircraft manufacturer is joining forces with parking garage operators and developers to establish a network of urban vertiports in cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco.
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Joby Aviation intends to launch commercial services with its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft from 2024.

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with major automobile parking facility operator Reef Technology, and its affiliated real estate acquisition company Neighborhood Property Group (NPG), to establish a network of landing pads for its planned eVTOL aircraft taxi service, which is slated to launch in 2024.

According to the plan, Reef, which operates more than 5,000 properties in the U.S. and Europe will transform underutilized properties into multi-use mobility hubs. This will allow Joby access to a wide range of rooftop locations spanning all the major metropolitan areas in the U.S., as well as a means to fund the acquisition and development of what the California-based company calls skyports, which will support the operation of the rideshare service in urban locations. The initial focus for Joby’s rideshare service, which will utilize the company’s all-electric, four-passenger vehicle, will be in the Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco Bay areas.