Israel’s Mobileye, Dubai’s Habtoor partner on self-driving cars

Israel’s Mobileye, Dubai’s Habtoor partner on self-driving cars

Jerusalem/Dubai

Israel's Mobileye and United Arab Emirate's Al Habtoor Group launched a partnership on Wednesday to create a fleet of self-driving "robotaxis“ that could take to the streets of Dubai by the end of 2022. The deal is the latest collaboration to emerge after last week's historic accord between Israel and the UAE to normalize relations, though the companies began talking several months ago before news of a diplomatic breakthrough was made public.

Jerusalem-based Mobileye, Intel Corp's autonomous car division, already has agreements to deploy its technology in cities in Japan, South Korea, France, and Israel, and says Dubai was a natural choice. "Dubai is one of the most advanced cities in the world,“ Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua told.

"It is classic territory to launch technologies for smart cities and very natural