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connected car, and dimmable glass technologies. Hi everyone. Welcome to Shift, a podcast about mobility. I'm your host Pete Bigelow.

Joining me on the podcast today, I am pleased to welcome Michael Granoff, the founder and

managing director of venture capital firm Maneeve Mobility.

Michael attended the Ecomotion Mobility Conference last week in Tel Aviv, and for those of us not at the annual Israeli Innovation Showcase, Michael is here to fill us in on the latest in cyber security sensors, electric vehicles, and more.

EVs, of course, are of particular interest to Michael.

He played a prominent role in the founding of both

the nonprofit organization securing America's future energy

known as safe and in the Israeli EV startup better place.

Though the latter did not survive a lot of the industry that he

envisioned more than a decade ago, here in 2022 has indeed come to fruition.

So here to talk about that experience and more.

Without further ado, let's now go to my conversation

with Michael Granoff.

Michael, thanks so much for joining us on the podcast today. Great to have you. It's great to be here. Thanks for having the big mobility conference in Israel took place as one of the first ones or probably the first at

the ability to place as one of the first ones or probably the first eco-motion in many years for obvious reasons.

You were in attendance. What was it like, Michael?

It was actually an extraordinary week for ecomotion,

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