On Wednesday, Joby Aviation publicly unveiled the first aircraft to roll off its pilot production line. The Santa Cruz-based company also gave throngs of onlookers, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who gathered in Marina a chance to watch a prototype electric aircraft take flight and announced the appointment of Toyota North America’s CEO Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa to Joby’s board of directors.
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Morning Lookout: Joby milestone, BLM mural repainting, Pogonip clearing & supporting our nonprofits
Crews contracted by the City of Santa Cruz, aided by police, continued the second phase of clearing out Pogonip…
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Joby Aviation opens new Santa Cruz office, where another revolutionary company once did business
Monday was another landmark moment in the unfolding story of Joby Aviation, as the company welcomed more than 100 local guests, dignitaries, media members and investors to the opening of its new offices at Sylvania Avenue and Encinal Street. The event featured a few speeches, a ribbon cutting, and then a tour of the former Plantronics office now officially the home of Joby which, one staffer estimated, employs about 300 in Santa Cruz.
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Lookout PM: Lily Belli on Food, Joby Aviation’s new office, and BLM mural vandals expected to help repainting
Monday was another landmark moment in the unfolding story of Joby Aviation, as the company welcomed more than 100 local…
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Joby Aviation purchases huge former Plantronics headquarters building in Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz-based electric air taxi vehicle company has entered an agreement to purchase the headquarters building of telecommunications company Poly, previously known as Plantronics.
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Liftoff on Wall Street: Santa Cruz electric air-taxi company Joby Aviation goes public
“By taking Joby public we have the opportunity to drive a renaissance in aviation, making emissions-free flight a part of everyday life,” North Coast native and CEO JoeBen Bevirt said. “This is our generation’s moonshot moment, and at Joby we’re proud to be leaning in.”
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Can you imagine aerial taxis landing atop downtown parking garages? Joby Aviation can and is working on it
Santa Cruz’s Joby Aviation has joined forces with REEF Technology and Neighborhood Property Group to transform parking garages into “mobility hubs” — takeoff and landing spots for Joby’s aerial taxis.
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Morning Lookout: Big news for Joby Aviation, COVID variants top of mind and more
Three local nonprofits – Homeless Garden Project, Save Our Shores, and Teen Kitchen Project – are working hard to…
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Joby Aviation goes public with massive merger, setting sights on launch of air taxi service in 2024
Under a deal with Reinvent Technology Partners announced Wednesday, Joby is set to receive $1.6 billion in capital — cash the company plans to use to launch its commercial air taxi service.
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Santa Cruz’s Joby Aviation in talks to buy Uber’s ‘flying taxi’ biz: report
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…