Consumers are on the fence about considering a battery-electric vehicle for their next purchase. It presents a sales opportunity for automakers, but it also could create a temporary surplus in EV inventory.

Toyota is working with Joby to design a California manufacturing facility for its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, and is sharing access to its supplier network, Joby executives said.

The vehicle will be built by Apple supplier Foxconn, targeted at multiple markets including North America, Europe, China and India, and sold under the Fisker brand.

The German supplier has bought a minority stake in Recogni, which is working on object recognition in real time based on artificial intelligence.