Joby Starts Final Assembly of Company-Conforming eVTOL Aircraft

At its Marina, California facility, the company has begun to mate the all-electric, four-passenger aircraft's wing, tail, and fuselage.

Joby has begun final assembly of the first company-conforming example of its eVTOL aircraft. — The fuselage of the first aircraft to be produced on Joby’s pilot manufacturing line in Marina, California, heads into a large autoclave to be post-cured at a precise temperature and pressure. The process hardens the composite structure into a material with a high strength-to-weight ratio. (Image: Joby Aviation)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

February 13, 2023

Joby Aviation has begun the final assembly of what it refers to as the first “company-conforming” example of its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. This is the first vehicle to be produced in the California company’s pilot manufacturing plant in Marina, and it is being built in accordance with an officially released design and a quality management system.

According to Joby, the move marks another key stage in its path to achieving FAA type certification. It was announced on February 14, less than a week after the company said it had completed the second of five stages in the type certification process by completing the steps required by a compliance document that outlines all the ways the company plans to comply with safety rules that were defined in its certification basis.

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