The top mobility and automotive tech companies in Israel in 2026 are Mobileye (driver assistance and autonomous driving), Via (transit software), Innoviz (lidar), Arbe (imaging radar) and Optibus (public transport planning). Israel builds the sensors and software inside cars and cities rather than the cars themselves. Ten, below.
Israel has no car industry, yet hundreds of companies here build automotive and mobility technology, and global carmakers including GM, Volkswagen, Toyota and Hyundai run innovation offices in Tel Aviv. The sector was defined by Mobileye's rise and by Intel's $15.3 billion purchase of it in 2017, and by Moovit and Waze before it. In 2026 the action has shifted toward AI for transit systems, traffic and physical AI, while some sensor and battery companies have had to cut back. These are the ten to know as of October 2026.
The eyes of a large share of the world's new cars, built in Jerusalem.
Mobileye's EyeQ chips and vision software power advanced driver-assistance systems for most major carmakers, and it develops hands-free and fully autonomous driving systems on top of them.
Listed on Nasdaq with Intel as majority owner, it bought Mentee Robotics for $900 million in January 2026 to extend its AI into humanoid robots.
Runs the software behind on-demand buses and transit planning in hundreds of cities.
Via provides cities and transit agencies with software to plan routes, run on-demand and paratransit services, and manage school transport, and operates services for some of them.
Founded by Israelis Daniel Ramot and Oren Shoval, it keeps its R&D in Tel Aviv and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2025.
Builds the laser sensors that let cars see in 3D.
Innoviz makes automotive-grade lidar and perception software and supplies carmakers including Volkswagen Group through tier-one suppliers.
It is listed on Nasdaq.
Gives cars high-resolution radar that works in rain, fog and darkness.
Arbe's radar chipsets produce detailed, imaging-grade radar data, a cheaper complement to cameras and lidar for automated driving.
It is listed on Nasdaq and works with automotive suppliers in Europe, China and the US.
The AI behind bus timetables and driver schedules in thousands of cities.
Optibus helps transit operators and agencies plan networks, build schedules and roster drivers, using optimization and AI to cut costs and improve service.
It is one of Israel's mobility unicorns, valued at about $1.3 billion.
Makes traffic lights see and respond to what is actually on the road.
NoTraffic replaces fixed signal timing with sensors and AI at intersections, cutting congestion and prioritizing buses, emergency vehicles and pedestrians. It works with cities and states across North America.
It raised a $90 million Series C in March 2026.
Turns millions of dashcam miles into data for self-driving and road safety.
Nexar's connected dashcams collect road imagery at scale, which it uses for insurers, cities and as training data for autonomous driving and physical AI. In 2026 it merged with fleet safety company Nauto.
It is one of the larger independent Israeli mobility data companies.
The software retailers use to run last-mile delivery.
Bringg connects retailers and brands with their own fleets, third-party carriers and gig drivers, and orchestrates orders from dispatch to doorstep.
It has been valued at around $1 billion.
Proves that self-driving systems are safe before they reach the road.
Foretellix provides simulation-based testing tools that generate and measure driving scenarios at scale, used by carmakers and autonomous vehicle developers to validate their systems.
It trimmed staff in January 2026 but remains a reference company in AV safety validation.
Building batteries that charge an electric car in minutes.
StoreDot develops silicon-dominant battery cells designed to add hundreds of kilometers of range in a few minutes of charging, and licenses its technology to carmakers and cell manufacturers.
It cut staff in January 2026 as the EV market slowed, but remains Israel's best-known battery company.
Mobileye, by a wide margin. Its chips and software run driver-assistance systems in a large share of new cars worldwide, and it is listed on Nasdaq with Intel as its majority shareholder. In January 2026 it bought humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics for $900 million.
Modern vehicles are increasingly computers on wheels, and Israel's strengths in chips, sensors, computer vision and cybersecurity transfer directly. Waze and Mobileye proved the model, and their alumni founded many of the companies that followed.
Mobileye, Innoviz and Arbe trade on Nasdaq, and Via listed in New York in 2025. Optibus, Bringg and NoTraffic are among the larger private companies.
Mobileye has tested robotaxis in Jerusalem and abroad and supplies hands-free driving systems to carmakers. Israel's Ministry of Transport has run pilot programs for autonomous public transport, though fully driverless service at scale is still ahead.
Mobileye is in Jerusalem; most others are in Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Rosh HaAyin and Ra'anana. Carmakers' innovation centers cluster in Tel Aviv.