<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0ebf7bce-7fff-b903-2d33-d16a6202d7a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HI Fellow Committee Members,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I want to mention another company that is in the autonomous vehicle industry but in a different way and you may or may not have heard of them. Joby Aviation is working on a new area of transporting people called Electric Vehicle Vertical Take Off and Landing (EVTOL for short). This is a fancy acronym to say air taxis. In fact, the company calls itself an Electrical Arial Ride Sharing Company. Think of it as small aircraft that have a pilot that can transport 1-3 people across a city or area. Joby has created a custom air vehicle that can fly 150 miles at a time. They will start flying these in cities in the U.S. in the next few years, possibly as early as 2023. They have already gotten FAA approval for their aircraft.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The reason I'm bringing it to the committee and members of this list is because Joby recently announced that they are working on a fully autonomous version of this vehicle. You would schedule it like an Uber, get in, and it would fly you to your destination without a pilot but they have acknowledged that it will be some time before the FAA allows the autonomous version but they are definitely working on it. Their goal is to make the cost of a ride around the same cost that an Uber or Lyft costs.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm including a link to Joby's website and a youtube video from CNET about them. I'm going to continue to pay attention to developments from this company. I'm also going to send out a separate post about them completing their 150 mile test successfully. I'm also including below the link to Wikipedia which explains what EVTOL vehicles are so you can geek out on it if you should choose :) There is quite a bit of work in the EVTOL industry, Joby is the farthest along.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joby Aviation Company Website:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.jobyaviation.com/">https://www.jobyaviation.com/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Video about Joby:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRlmfFIiHbU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRlmfFIiHbU</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">EVTOL Information from Wikipedia:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVTOL">https://en.wikipedia.or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