JOBY to purchase additional 700,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Ohio

Today Joby Aviation disclosed in an SEC Form 8-K that it acquired a \~700,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Vandalia, Ohio for about $61.5M. The site becomes Joby’s second facility in Ohio and its third overall, significantly expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint alongside its 435,500 sq ft Marina, California plant. Management says the Ohio operations are intended to support production scaling to roughly four eVTOL aircraft per month by 2027, with longer-term capacity projected at up to \~500 aircraft annually. For investors, this move highlights Joby’s transition from R&D toward capital-intensive manufacturing, with execution, certification timing, and demand visibility now becoming the key variables to watch.

[https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/joby-faa-air-taxi-evtol.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/joby-faa-air-taxi-evtol.html)