EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1


	140 Scott Drive
	Menlo Park, California 94025
	Tel: +1.650.328.4600 Fax: +1.650.463.2600
	www.lw.com
	FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
	Austin	Milan
	Beijing	Moscow
	Boston	Munich
	Brussels	New York
	Century City	Orange County
October 29, 2021	Chicago	Paris
	Dubai	Riyadh
	Düsseldorf	San Diego
	Frankfurt	San Francisco
	Hamburg	Seoul
Joby Aviation, Inc.	Hong Kong	Shanghai
2155 Delaware Avenue, Suite # 225	Houston	Silicon Valley
Santa Cruz, California 95060	London	Singapore
	Los Angeles	Tokyo
	Madrid	Washington, D.C.

Re: Joby Aviation, Inc. – Registration Statement on Form S-1

To the addressees set forth above:

We have acted as special counsel to Joby Aviation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its filing on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration of the offer and sale from time to time of 98,357,200 outstanding shares (the “Resale Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “common stock”), of the Company, in each case, by the selling securityholders named in the Registration Statement.

This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus or prospectus supplement (collectively, the “Prospectus”) other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of Resale Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or, in the case of Delaware, any other laws, or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state.

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Resale Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.