Based on a study by

Israel's Automotive & Smart Mobility Industry

Quotes from the Industry

“Israel has the potential to promote the electric vehicle and foster creativity on mobility.”

“There are many capabilities here that suit our needs.”

“We seek to boost the global R&D outline with the help of Israel, the high-tech nation.”

“Israel is a highly developed business location. Relative to its population, no other country is as innovative. “

Israel – Attracting Investments

Israel has become one of the world's largest markets for acquiring startups, with an overwhelming majority of 104 Israeli tech companies bought in the last years. Some examples of recent acquisitions:

Google

Waze

1.15$ Billion

HARMAN

iOnRoad

~15$ m

Red Bend

200$ m

TowerSec

75$ m

Ford

SAIPS

Estimated tens of millions of

dollars

Uber

Otto

680$ m

Israel – Attracting Investments

And very recently:

“Intel Buys Mobileye in $15.3 Billion Bid to Lead Self-Driving Car Market” The New York Times, MARCH 13, 2017

Israel – Attracting Investments

Smart Mobility sector alone raised USD 1.6 billion over the last four years. Examples:

BMW

Moovit

• 50$ m

Volkswagen

Gett

• 300$ m

With over 250 foreign companies operating R&D centers in Israel, this continues to be a major way for multinationals to tap into Israel's innovation capacity. Examples:

Daimler, Fiat, GM (250 employees), Bosch, LG( R&D for IoT, wellness devices, entertainment), Samsung / Harman, nVIDIA, and more…

Israel – Home for More and More R&D Centers

Israel – Developing Cutting Edge Technologies

Based on the disruptive trends within the automotive industry and the potential of Israel's automotive and smart mobility industry, we can sketch – on a very high level – multiple pathways for future growth.

• ElectRoad - No need for charging, zero emission, minimum vehicle weight.

Electric Mobility

• Infinity AR - Allows people to interact with augmented content in their physical surroundings.

Autonomous Mobility

• IonTerra – Automatically detects and reports on free parking while driving.

Smart mobility

• Massivit 3D –Prints larger format items, with higher Speeds.

Vehicle Technology

Israel – Developing Cutting Edge Technologies

A few examples to ignite your imagination:

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem To understand the Israeli startup culture, it is necessary to understand the framework in which Israelis live and grow up.

Government

•Finance, Infrastructure, Regulatory & leadership

Culture

•Human capital and entrepreneurial spirit

Market

•Small market advantage - good playing field

Supportive Ecosystem

Engineers per capita

Governmental Support in the Ecosystem 1.5 Billion NIS goes through a scale up funnel over 10 year program spearheaded by the Fuel Choices Initiative at the prime minister’s office

• Centers

• Grants Basic and applied research

• TEPS

• Starter Industrial R&D

• Ecomotion Entrepreneurial

Community

• Raising Capital

• Accelerator Startups

• Pilot Programs

• Regulation Process Pilots

• 400 million NIS Co-Invest Fund Scale

Up

Leading innovative policy in this sector.

Establishing a centre for Connected and

Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).

Delivering a program of research,

development, demonstration, and deployment activity.

One stop center for stakeholder

engagement.

Publishing call for proposals for

interdisciplinary academic research.

The Israeli Government has allocated 250 million NIS in order to encourage excellent research, innovation and deployment for Smart Mobility technologies. Focal points in the plan:

Smart Mobility National Plan

Perspective for 2030

Israel holds the key to critical "control points" that will allow companies to capture a major part of future profit pools

We are happy to announce the call for candidacies for the

$1,000,000 Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister's Prize.

This prestigious prize will be awarded by the Israeli Prime Minister during our annual Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Summit, which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 31 – November 01, 2017.

Open to citizens of all the countries - the deadline for nominations is May 1, 2017.

For further information please follow us online –

The Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative

It is our great pleasure to invite you to our fifth annual Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Summit, which will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 31, 2017.

FuelChoicesInitiative.com

Website:

We Invite You to Israel

For more info, please contact: HaggaiS@pmo.gov.il