Joby Exceeds Range Target for Hydrogen-Electric Air Tax Demonstrator Written 11 July 2024
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Joby Aviation delivered this S4 prototype to Edwards Air Force Base in California in September 2023. | Credit: Joby Aviation; Aerospace America–©
Aviation Week reports, “While it pursues certification of its battery-powered air taxi and prepares to launch commercial service, Joby Aviation already is flying its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft on liquid hydrogen and fuel cells. … In flight testing conducted in June, the remotely piloted aircraft completed a 523-mi. flight over Marina, California, including a vertical takeoff and landing and landing with 10% of its liquid hydrogen (LH2) fuel load remaining. This compares with the 155 mi. flown by the battery-electric S4 in 2021.”
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