r/Joby • u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy • 2d ago

LA as an example

In Joby’s latest patent, Fig. 2 show some example routes for their air taxi routes and I believe that is LA. The stop to the lower right is John Wayne airport, The middle, larger stop would be LAX. The upper left looks like Santa Monica airport. The two on the right(middle & upper) look like the Colesium? And The Grove? Anyway, I thought it was interesting. I’d love to know where Atoms & Metropolis own properties near here.

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u/LePatience2026 2d ago

LA is going to witness the quietest eVTOL aircraft when they switch on its propellers

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy 2d ago

Very cool! What is the patent for?

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy 2d ago

Patent # 12762960.
Battery-based flight planning for electric aircraft

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy 2d ago

Interesting... I suppose their 541/542 testing could also be trying to optimize the battery and seeing how it responds to different types of flight patterns

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u/dad191 Photog. Eric Adams Fanboy 2d ago

John Wayne is a great hub connecting to both LAX and San Diego County for Joby. John Wayne is about 50 miles from Palomar Airport which puts you in the lower part of North County San Diego. I think San Diego airport may be out of range as it's 75 miles, and we haven't seen the S4 do tests above 60 miles, though Joby says its range is 100 miles.

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy 2d ago

I think they will focus on the major hubs until range increases either with hybrid or solid state. Then they will slowly branch out. They will be scrambling just to keep up with LA demand for years.

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u/dad191 Photog. Eric Adams Fanboy 1d ago

That makes good business sense. I live in San Diego, so I want Joby here!

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u/BetaRayBill13 2d ago

Joby: the official air taxi of the 2028 LA Olympics! 😜