Raws li Automotive Xov Xwm, thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2, Toyota Motor Corporation thiab lub tsheb pib ya hluav taws xob Joby Aviation koom ua ke tshaj tawm tias Toyota yuav nqis peev ntxiv $ 500 lab hauv Joby los txhawb cov ntawv pov thawj txuas ntxiv ntawm nws cov hluav taws xob ntsug nqa thiab tsaws dav hlau thiab ua kom muaj kev sib koom tes hauv kev lag luam ntau lawm. .
Tetsuo "Ted" Ogawa, Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO ntawm Toyota Motor North America, tau hais hauv tsab ntawv sau tseg, "Nrog rau qhov kev nqis peev ntxiv no, peb tos ntsoov yuav pom Joby lees paub lawv lub dav hlau thiab txav mus rau kev lag luam ntau lawm."
Nws tau tshaj tawm tias Toyota kev nqis peev hauv Joby yuav muab faib ua ob ntu: thawj zaug yog teem rau xyoo no, thiab qhov thib ob yuav tshwm sim hauv 2025. Nrog rau qhov no, Toyota tag nrho cov peev hauv Joby tau mus txog $ 894 lab. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2020, Joby tshaj tawm tias nws tau nce $ 590 lab hauv Series C nyiaj, nrog Toyota yog ib tus neeg lag luam loj tau pab $ 394 lab.
Toyota thiab Joby tau koom tes nrog ze li xya xyoo. Cov tuam txhab tau hais tias Joby tau tsim ib txoj kab tsim khoom hauv Marina, California, siv Toyota txoj kev tsim khoom, thiab Toyota engineers tam sim no ua haujlwm nrog Joby pab neeg. Xyoo 2023, lawv tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus mus sij hawm ntev rau Toyota los muab lub zog tseem ceeb thiab kev txhawb nqa rau Joby lub dav hlau.
Joby cia siab tias yuav muaj plaub lub dav hlau ua kev sim davhlau los ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub xyoo no thiab tam sim no tab tom ua haujlwm ntawm daim ntawv pov thawj dav hlau. Cov txheej txheem no tau pom zoo los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Tswj Xyuas Kev Lag Luam (FAA) thiab suav nrog tsib theem. Joby tau pib theem plaub, uas suav nrog kev sim lub dav hlau.
Lwm cov automakers tau nqis peev zoo sib xws. Thaum Lub Yim Hli, Stellantis tau ua tiav qhov kev pom zoo ua ntej nrog Archer Aviation, nyob rau hauv uas Stellantis yuav them txog $ 370 lab hauv cov nqi ua haujlwm los txhawb Archer cov phiaj xwm tsim khoom.
Thaum Lub Ib Hlis, Supernal, ib lub koom haum ntawm Hyundai Motor Group, tau nthuav tawm nws S-A2 hluav taws xob ntsug nqa tawm thiab tsaws dav hlau lub tswv yim thiab npaj yuav pib sim thawj zaug ntawm nws lub tsheb tavxij hluav taws xob ya mus txog thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo no. Tsis tas li ntawd, Mercedes-Benz thiab Geely yog ob qho tib si ua lag luam hauv German tuam txhab Volocopter.
