Joby Acquires 2nd Ohio Facility to Ramp Up Air Taxi Production

An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, flies above a Joby eVTOL aircraft, during a demonstration in New York on Nov. 13, 2023. Bebeto Matthews/AP PhotoElectric air taxi manufacturer Joby Aviation on Jan. 7 announced it had signed an agreement to acquire a 700,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Dayton, Ohio, to expand production capabilities for its commercial passenger aircraft.The move-in-ready facility—the company’s second in the Dayton area—allows Joby to double production to four aircraft per month beginning in 2027. The announcement comes weeks after Joby said it would be investing heavily in new manufacturing capacity in order to support the development of additional electric vertical take off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.