Share on linkedin JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation Inc., speaks at the What's Next Summit on March 19. Photo: Ronald Floreshopes to make his company's electric air taxis as cheap as hailing a rideshare, he told Axios' Joann Muller at the annualBevirt, the founder and CEO of electric air taxi developer Joby Aviation Inc., said he wants to make the electric air taxis "accessible to everyone.
Bevirt said this type of aircraft is "not some science fiction reality that's going to happen far into the future." Instead, it is "happening right now." The company, which Bevirt started in 2009, has set a goal to be at a run rate of an aircraft a month by the end of 2024.Bevirt envisions a world where you get off a Delta flight and into one of Joby's air taxis "as seamlessly as possible."
"We're building vertiport infrastructure at JFK and LaGuardia and LAX to give that really fantastic customer experience of a tight integration between your Delta flight and your Joby flight," he said.in October 2022, and the airline said it would invest up to $200 million in the electric air taxi company.Share on twitter
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