Joby S2 VTOL

By combining innovations in battery technology, electric motors, and control systems, Joby Aviation is revolutionizing transportation with the S2, an electric 200 mph vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.

The Joby S2 is a game-changing aircraft that promises to improve the way society works, lives, plays, and travels.

A 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft, the S2 provides a quiet and reliable means of airborne transport.

This environmentally-friendly personal airplane requires 5 times less energy than conventional auto transportation at 5 times the door-to-door speed.

Joby S2 VTOL
Joby S2 VTOL

The Technology

Electric Motors
Rapid progress over the past decade in direct-drive electric motors and efficient motor controllers has resulted in light, powerful, and reliable motors which will provide the propulsion to make the dream of personal electric aircraft a reality.
Batteries
The latest generation of lithium polymer batteries (lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide) have not just the specific power required for VTOL, but also the energy required to fly a useful distance.
Sensors
Sensor technologies developed to power consumer electronics like cell phones and the Wii remote give us the sensing capabilities once reserved for rockets all on a circuit board the size of a postage stamp.
Control Systems
Redundant systems are at the core of our effort to build robust electric VTOL aircraft capable of transporting you more safely than your automobile.

Joby S2 VTOL
Joby S2 VTOL