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BMW i Ventures invests in Upstream Security to accelerate the development of connected vehicle cybersecurity solutions

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Israel-based automotive cybersecurity and data management company Upstream Security recently closed a Series C round which includes BMW i Ventures as a new investor. Upstream provides a cloud-based data management platform purpose-built for connected vehicles, delivering automotive cybersecurity and advanced data-driven applications.

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SEAT and Champion Motors create XPLORA to focus on connected cars and smart mobility in Israel

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the brand’s importer in Israel, have reached an agreement to create XPLORA, a transversal team of specialists focused on technological innovation projects aimed at the connected car and smart mobility services. These first steps will be used to analyse the feasibility of pilot testing on a larger scale in Israel and at European level.

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General Motors acquires battery software startup ALGOLiON

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General Motors has acquired substantially all the assets of Israel-based battery software startup ALGOLiON Ltd. ALGOLiON employees, including the company’s founders, will remain based in Israel and join more than 850 employees at the GM Technical Center in Herzliya, Israel. for an undisclosed sum.

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Gentherm leads investment in electric battery cooling technology maker Carrar

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Gentherm, a developer of innovative thermal management technologies, is the lead investor in a seed round of financing in Carrar , an Israel-based technology developer of advanced thermal management systems for the electric mobility market.

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Renault opens Innovation Lab in Paris to focus on future of mobility

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Le Square aims to define new ways of working and to explore the future of mobility by opening up the company’s boundaries and encouraging cooperation around new kinds of business organisation with actors from the French ecosystem. Renault has opened a third Renault Open Innovation Lab called “Le Square” in Paris.

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HARMAN acquiring Red Bend Software and Symphony Teleca for growth in connected vehicle space

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HARMAN International announced the acquisition of Israel-based Red Bend Software, a leading provider of software management technology for connected devices, and over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware upgrading services. By 2020, it is expected that more than 90% of vehicles on the road will be connected (Frost and Sullivan).

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The Bright Future of EV Charging

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In Tel Aviv, Israel, a tech company called ElectReon built the first EV charging road in the world (pictured above). Connected to a smartphone app, these whack-a-mole like charging ports pop up when summoned by the smartphone user and retreat back into the ground after the charging session. Wireless EV Charging Road.