South Korean mobility platform TMAP has agreed to join Joby Aviation’s partnership with SK Telecom to bring aerial ridesharing service to the country. Claiming to be Korea’s largest mobility platform for ground transportation, TMAP says it holds an unprecedented amount of transportation and mapping data gathered over the last 20 years. This data will inform the partners’ plans for optimal air taxi routes, infrastructure networks, and an overall mobility service that suits the preferences of Korean consumers.
TMAP also jointly owns on-demand ride-hailing app UT along with Uber designed to allow the integration of ground and air travel. Together with SK Telecom, TMAP and Joby plan to work together to integrate emissions-free aerial ridesharing into TMAP’s transportation services. In December 2020, Joby agreed to acquire Uber's planned Elevate booking platform that it had been working on for the eVTOL air taxi market.
