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Joeben Bevirt

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

Search every verified Joeben Bevirt interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby Aviation, has recently participated in several public events and discussions regarding the company's progress and future plans. At a September 2026 press conference in Fort Worth, Texas, for Project Nexus, a multi-state electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) integration pilot program led by the Texas Department of Transportation, Bevirt spoke about the industry's development, noting that he founded Joby Aviation 17 years ago and described the collective effort to transform transportation through electric propulsion. He also discussed Joby's planned acquisition of Resonant Sciences, a defense technology company, in an August 2026 interview, stating that he believes in vertical integration and that the partnership aims to apply Joby's technologies to national security issues. In earnings calls and related appearances, Bevirt has highlighted Joby's operational milestones and strategic initiatives. He mentioned plans to have an aircraft in Dubai by mid-2026 to demonstrate readiness for passenger operations, with a target to begin carrying passengers later that year or early next year. He also discussed the potential of hydrogen propulsion, describing it as having three times the specific energy of jet fuel and being capable of enabling significant aircraft design changes. Additionally, Bevirt commented on the company's involvement in the Texas EIPP program, expressing enthusiasm for beginning operations there with its existing fleet and expanding into 2027 as more aircraft come online.

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“It was 17 years ago tomorrow that I founded Joby Aviation and this industry. And as I look back on that day, I had no ability to conceive of how exciting today would be and the industry that we're building, the collective that we're building where we're bringing local communities and states and nations around the world along on this journey to transform the way we move to use electric propulsion to make aircraft that”

“It's really a fantastic moment. We're so grateful to have the opportunity to work with Micah and the incredible team. Micah and I met and began looking at the ways we could apply some of Joby's technologies and the expertise that Resonant has to solving really important national security issues.”

“About 5 years ago we started pulling the thread on hydrogen electric propulsion and it has become more and more promising over that period of time and with each passing week I am more convinced that it is going to completely transform Aviation. Hydrogen has three times the specific energy of jet fuel, that's 100 times the specific energy of today's batteries, so that's energy per unit of mass, and we can convert the ”

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