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MrJG
March 19, 2021 at 2:43 pm
Started in 2009, and they never questioned the name? Seriously should have renamed long before now. In Scotland a jobby is a poo. So, if this ever hits the market, queue the onslaught of people making the joke of flying jobbies.
mvpeast
March 19, 2021 at 8:10 pm
Joby is JoeBen’s childhood name. He’s the CEO and founder of Joby. I think it’s a great name.
David Austin
March 19, 2021 at 3:08 pm
Not going to work. Too many issues. Maybe if they charge $1k/ride but who is going to pay that? This is very niche. The general public will not be using these. Wait until one of these crash and people die.
fallenangelguard
March 19, 2021 at 3:09 pm
Silent but deadly. Pigeon Chopper 9000. All kidding aside, I’m extremly surprised by the vertical lift air displacment with how close the CEO was. I expected there to be more displacement and dust to be gernated on the dry dirt suface and against the back of the CEO. It looked more to be the amount of a small desk fan blowing on his back. If that is case the amount of lift needed by this system is amazing. I would love to see a more detailed information on it.
Luis Quezada
March 19, 2021 at 3:11 pm
Nice ad, shame so little journalism.
Andri Egilsson
March 19, 2021 at 3:24 pm
They could’ve added some noise reduction and brought down the volume. A produced video doesn’t really tell us anything. Noise reduction algorithms are quite good when dealing with static noise.
sixthday creation
March 19, 2021 at 3:26 pm
wowzers shaggy! hes got upper fronts .
Ron Smith
March 19, 2021 at 4:10 pm
Flying taxi pilots will at least need the skills of commercial helicopter pilots. Too many variables like weather etc. to make them pilotless.
There will also never be flying cars en-mass because of the skill levels required at least equal to pilots. No “one in every garage”per se type thing.
These are all mostly pilot projects geared for promoters that rarely ever get “off the ground” per se. beyond financial promotions that never “fly”. That is always the case with new flying machines. It always has been that way, and always will be that way due to the nature of it all.
Captide
March 19, 2021 at 4:10 pm
Isn’t this just a helicopter
aaa5442
March 19, 2021 at 4:22 pm
Joby will be the next Tesla!!😎
Andy Altman
March 19, 2021 at 4:30 pm
Do you think air taxis will be landing in your neighborhood in the next 5 years?
Dikshant Namdeo
March 19, 2021 at 4:36 pm
Looking at the compitition, yeah
Andy Altman
March 19, 2021 at 4:42 pm
@Dikshant Namdeo There are so many players. Joby is definitely among the leaders but Archer is right there too.
Fluterra
March 19, 2021 at 6:02 pm
Nope. All the restrictions that prevent helicopters from landing in my neighborhood will apply. I’m all for innovation, but this is not the solution to mass transit!
John Huff
March 19, 2021 at 8:55 pm
Absolutely not. This concept faces many of the same issues as autonomous ground vehicles and “Tesla taxies.” At a minimum I would expect it to be 20 years out before anything like this becomes commonplace. There are just too many variables and the cost would be ridiculous. Heck it could even be like fusion power, 30 years away and it always will be.
Jameel Ja
March 19, 2021 at 10:39 pm
No
Dikshant Namdeo
March 20, 2021 at 2:50 am
Ok yes, maybe 5 years is too early but atleast 10-15.
Dr-Pepper
March 21, 2021 at 1:16 am
If Tesla is can do it with cars and it’s booming yes this would. I would put money on this stock
AyeNyne
March 21, 2021 at 3:39 am
No. Air taxis are still too impractical. Even with government approval, a noise-friendly design, designated launch ports, and AI-controlled ATC infrastructure in place, they will remain to be too expensive for the average consumer. Only rich people will use air taxis for at least the next ten to twenty years (edit: if at all)
CT Kide Toys
March 21, 2021 at 7:46 am
YEAR
Kelvin Waters
March 21, 2021 at 4:48 pm
No I live near class B and MOA airspace.
Clarity Sans Hubris
March 22, 2021 at 8:16 pm
Yes… EVTOLS are gonna dominate everything.
Major Chungus
March 22, 2021 at 8:28 pm
No. FAA and Karen’s will stop them. Also noise.
zachary rinehart
March 22, 2021 at 9:29 pm
The future of public transit will be either air taxis or autonomous ground vehicles you can hail from an app (probably both at some point). Whichever is easiest to implement on a massive scale will probably be first
Marinos Tsalis
March 23, 2021 at 12:41 pm
With this size no way as we don’t see any helicopters at our neighborhoods?
Joseph Shepin
March 19, 2021 at 5:59 pm
helicopters exist.
Fluterra
March 19, 2021 at 6:02 pm
What happens when one of these rotors fails?
Fluterra
March 19, 2021 at 6:06 pm
The way those forward drive rotors need to swivel and angle will be a maintenance NIGHTMARE. I bet Boeing is cringing and thinking “Good luck with that!”
Alex Booster
March 19, 2021 at 6:38 pm
None of these munchkins seem to have realized that the “oh, so great” noise reduction was done by means of a cheap video editing trick.
Also, the demonstration at 1:42 is idiotic. A pro-level boom mic in the original video absolutely could have filtered out most of the noise. Those boom mics are specifically designed to filter out that kind of noise. Plus, in post-production, that background noise would have also been easy to remove/suppress (assuming the recording was done with a telephoto lens). So, there are at least THREE different ways how that “great noise reduction” could have been easily faked.
Bottom-line is: Unless the company has managed to find a way to suspend the basic laws of physics (which would be much bigger news), there absolutely *WILL BE VERY LOUD NOISE* coming from those propellers.
Just because an idiot doesn’t understand the basics of video production and editing, it doesn’t automatically mean that the laws of physics have been suspended.
Nicolas
March 19, 2021 at 10:46 pm
You are in for a big disappointment. That thing is quieter than you imagine
MrGriff305
March 19, 2021 at 7:20 pm
Welp… Peace and quiet are officially dead
jerry murphy
March 19, 2021 at 8:24 pm
too many propelerz
Clint Osborne
March 19, 2021 at 8:46 pm
Hi I’m Andy Altman, and I’m here to make your cool product sound lame.
Another McBastard
March 19, 2021 at 9:27 pm
It’s gonna be a puddle jummper
Andrew McFarland
March 19, 2021 at 10:26 pm
For personal use, i think the idea is ridiculous (except perhaps for corporate types who actually need to hop between buildings in the same urban area regularly)
For FIRST RESPONDERS and LAW ENFORCEMENT : absolutely.
Jameel Ja
March 19, 2021 at 10:40 pm
I want to see *ion* thrusters. Not a reimagined helicopter
Triple D
March 19, 2021 at 10:40 pm
Ooft, that is one big jobbie! You’ll have some ring sting passing that
Freedom 153
March 19, 2021 at 10:41 pm
It looks like a giant drone. I like it.
RoyalDiadem • Yapah Kalaya
March 21, 2021 at 1:02 am
Me too. 😁…My taxi 🚕🚖 got wings ✈️ what about yours?? 😏
venom5809
March 19, 2021 at 11:19 pm
That is so freaking cool.
ilmars
March 19, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Until they demonstrate a manned flight then they are just another drone company.
Samurai Western
March 20, 2021 at 12:01 am
Land on my Car thanks 🤩
springlumpy
March 20, 2021 at 3:48 am
It was empty and blades had low RPM. Fully loaded one might be bit louder.
dempoy
March 20, 2021 at 5:18 am
I would ride them from San Diego to LAX
Tai Nguyen
March 20, 2021 at 6:21 am
Flying cars, self driving cars, nuclear fusion… 30 years away.
dePlant
March 20, 2021 at 7:02 am
This is never going to happen. Can you imagine after the 1st one crashes into a house/ pedestrians? When the 1st one gets hacked and used as a missile. Imagine the disasters with thousands of these.
Johnny Pinkleton
March 20, 2021 at 12:10 pm
Yea they need higher standards on who can fly one than your average auto
dePlant
March 20, 2021 at 7:04 am
Yeah the “Joby Bryant “ electric helicopter is going to be an easy sell!! LMFAO😂
Zeus Starfall
March 20, 2021 at 9:07 am
The future is now
Greg Luther
March 20, 2021 at 12:40 pm
That’s not air taxi thats minicopter
ANGELITO TERRENAL
March 20, 2021 at 2:37 pm
Why Elon musk didn’t see this?
David Press
March 20, 2021 at 4:06 pm
What about the criticism that the Joby design is 10 years old, that the craft is inefficiently large and heavy, and that competitors such as Archer can carry the same number of passengers or payload in a smaller, lighter, and faster craft? Are these criticisms valid?
Bobby Bobson
March 20, 2021 at 11:06 pm
With that wingspan it’s not going to be dropping outside most people’s homes.
Tranja Vanadbia
March 20, 2021 at 11:10 pm
A helicopter is an air taxi.
RoyalDiadem • Yapah Kalaya
March 21, 2021 at 1:03 am
My taxi 🚕🚖 got wings ✈️ what about yours?? 😏
Russellprout
March 21, 2021 at 1:14 am
In my mind a Taxi is a small vehicle that will take 4 or 5 people to a destination within around 20 miles from my house. This could not land anywhere near me and that is going to be a problem for these vehicles. I would have to get in a minicab to reach this taxi. Maybe ideal for travelling from one city to another. If they could do something similar to what National coaches do in the UK then maybe. But a road going coach can carry 50 passengers. This is no taxi.
Chris The Impaler The Impaler
March 21, 2021 at 3:43 am
Meh, I’m still waiting for Apple to unveil its i-Beam app, and instantly bankrupt the airline industry, Musk, and upend life as we know it. Welcome to the fourth industrial revolution, earth.
Citizen Wolf
March 21, 2021 at 3:52 am
Clearly this will only be for the rich.
M Beliv
March 21, 2021 at 4:25 am
HAHAHA. SO STUPID TITLE. EHANG IS THE FIRST TAXI REALITY. IT IS ALREADY ON OPERAION
jti107
March 21, 2021 at 6:13 am
uber is barely making any money operating a car service with contractors and no vehicle liabilities. i’m curious about the economics of air taxis, it doesn’t seem like it’d be profitable when you have to pay for R&D and certification of a aircraft, a pilot and possibly thousands of vehicles.
CT Kide Toys
March 21, 2021 at 7:55 am
I thing that when when future air taxis become Popular vehicles👍
Garry Q
March 21, 2021 at 8:21 am
Without watching and just listening the video I thought it was Steve Buscemi narrating ?
duk bokki
March 21, 2021 at 8:54 am
Ehang, the leader in this space. Passenger transport, logistics, fighter fighting, ambulance, aerial media shows, smart city management. Over 10,000 hours of incident free tested flight time. And it’s all automated!
Fernando Ferraz
March 21, 2021 at 12:28 pm
I can warrantee you that there are some editing regarding the sound. Those props spinning over the speed of sound will make A LOT of noise.
hydrolife tech
March 22, 2021 at 10:04 pm
I suspect that too
Phillip Woon
March 21, 2021 at 4:38 pm
Ehang is ahead
Kelvin Waters
March 21, 2021 at 4:47 pm
This is how the 1% does “urban” transportation. Rest of us schmucks will have to suffice with ground and underground mass transit.
Nir Givon
March 21, 2021 at 6:33 pm
Air taxi will never be a mass transit thing.
These things takes to long to take off and land. And takes to long for passengers to board and disembark.
A mid-city hub for Arial taxi will never be fast enough to handle mass number of incoming crafts.
This can only work as an alternative to helicopter ride without the noise.
steven G
March 24, 2021 at 12:11 am
more cruelly it takes 24 hours to refuel for only a 45 min flight lol
Mystic Wandrer
March 21, 2021 at 7:13 pm
600 million… not B
George Hunter
March 21, 2021 at 11:23 pm
Overhead rotors clear to people is a neat detail.
sanjuansteve
March 21, 2021 at 11:25 pm
Let’s put solar panels on every home, business and covered parking rooftop and switch to electric vehicles making nearly everything we do solar powered while completely decentralizing our power supply and empowering everyone as power generation owners.
Solar power is CHEAPER and electric vehicles are soon to be CHEAPER to make and already are considerably CHEAPER to maintain and operate, especially if charged from your own solar power.
A 3 year ROI (return on investment) for a solar array that will generate power for decades is a no-brainer and the panels can even be made locally too.
Joshua Muirhead
March 22, 2021 at 5:34 am
Exactly
Tommy Chao
March 22, 2021 at 2:20 am
Have you noticed that the evtol in the film was taking off without a pilot?
J B
March 22, 2021 at 4:16 am
Nothing says airworthiness like how does it do in a snow storm, heavy rain, extreme temperatures and high winds and how about a dust storm.?
Dragos
March 22, 2021 at 6:18 am
Good but not good enough, the ratio between lifting and sliding capability is not well optimized, a good flying drone should have airplane type wings with a fan incorporated on each one near to the body for the lift and one in the back for acceleration, this way power consumption and drag is substantially reduced reduced
Dedal
March 22, 2021 at 2:47 pm
Ehang is first.
Kevin McCarthy
March 22, 2021 at 3:45 pm
I wonder how many birds it can shred before it has to land?
Kon Tiki
March 22, 2021 at 3:55 pm
why are they going with a SPAC, Reinvent Technologies Partners? Why did then NOT ipo all by themselves?
Jerry Jones
March 22, 2021 at 6:18 pm
Charging infrastructure is key to all EVs
Gary Vermaak
March 22, 2021 at 6:25 pm
We have had on-demand airtaxis (also known as air charter) since 1991 and urban airtaxis since the Bell 47 was type certified in 1946 but airtaxis are for the rich. The reality is that like New York Airways in 1953, the Joby S4 and other eVTOLs will be flying scheduled routes.
Gary Vermaak
March 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm
Sorry 1919 not 1991
HahThatsWhatSheSaid
March 22, 2021 at 9:09 pm
With regards to the noise demonstration, the company guy was standing at least 50 feet away from the craft while that other guy was right next to the air compressor. That is extremely misleading. Shill!
blobturtle bing
March 22, 2021 at 10:02 pm
YOU CAN’T TELL ME HE ISN’T A DEEPFAKE… 2:05
Sonia x
March 22, 2021 at 10:06 pm
But global warming?
Leo Heinsuo
March 23, 2021 at 10:03 am
No, EHang.
Jätski.fi
March 23, 2021 at 12:31 pm
turbo(fan)gyro copters, more blades, outer rim
Jätski.fi
March 23, 2021 at 12:31 pm
double gyrodiscs, double rotor, simple
Marinos Tsalis
March 23, 2021 at 12:39 pm
If its going yo be so big you could have a dual counter rotating propeller helicopter like Sikorsky X2.
Less parts less space to park it less parts.
I see no innovation here.
Sovereign Brand
March 23, 2021 at 8:02 pm
NVIDIA BRAODCAST
-_-/
Rima Law
March 23, 2021 at 10:29 pm
I like Joby, I have stock in them, but I think EHang is a bit more ahead in its form factor. Well, I also have Archer and Astro stock. Lol. Hope they all take off no pun intended
steven G
March 24, 2021 at 12:13 am
yikes might be best to sell because an air taxi that takes 24 hours to charge and only flies for 45 mins aint ever going to make money lol
Rima Law
March 24, 2021 at 12:40 am
@steven G what air taxi is that? Most do better and constantly improving batteries.
steven G
March 24, 2021 at 12:07 am
Helicopter = 5 hours of flying and 30 mins to refuel. Air Taxi- 45 mins of flying and 24 hours to refuel lol