Israel is a small country, so it was never economically viable to produce vehicles or maintain the ecosystem that allows the flourishing of automotive technology.
However, in the past 15 years, the world is undergoing a huge revolution in the fields of automotive and mobility, and as a result the high-tech talents of the Israeli “start-up nation” become attractive and significant for these innovation-prone industries.
At the same time, and regardless, the press and media are undergoing a dramatic upheaval: as citizens, we are flooded with sources of information (reliable and otherwise) and as a result, the quality of content, and with it the public’s trust in such information, has diminished.
We, as journalists, find it difficult to emphasize our uniqueness and professional expertise as those who can reach reliable sources of information and position ourselves high above the Fake News rivers – and to differentiate ourselves from the noise.
ATL is an additional, reliable, and timely information channel, which does not replace any other tool but can provide otherwise limited access to the major players in the industry. Our goal is to add to the toolbox of professional journalists a device that did not exist until now and would be useful for journalists specializing in automotive and smart transportation.
As the world’s markets becomes more global, we are all increasingly affected by events in places far away from us. News coming from the other side of the world is no longer labeled as esoteric and sooner or later will influence our neighborhoods.
When Elon Musk makes plans or decisions, it will affect an Israeli satellite that will be flown into space next year with Space X, or the construction of a hyperloop line between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. When Tesla and Mobileye confront each other – this has an impact on the development of the autonomous vehicles that will travel in a few years on the streets of Shanghai, Madrid, and Los Angeles.
As journalists, you currently obtain information through personal contacts, research, and through press releases coming from interested sources. We’d like to offer you ATL’s connections in the Israeli Auto-Tech and smart mobility ecosystem, both actively and passively.
You can get two types of information from ATL, that can help you with your work: brief periodic news about interesting news from Israel, and answers – as good as we can come up with – to questions that you may have. If you’re interested, we can also introduce you to the people most relevant to issues you will be dealing with.
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