The Autonocast's cybersecurity week kicks off with another episode recorded while in Tel Aviv for Mobility Week. Featuring Yoav Levy and Dan Sahar, respectively Co-founder/CEO and Vice President of product at the Isreali cybersecurity firm Upstream, we learn about some of the threats facing cars today and how to address them. With 100 million connected cars on the road, many with little to no built-in security measures, the task ahead of automotive cybersecurity teams like Upstream is staggering.

Big Data is one of those buzzwords that can make eyes instantly glaze over, but it's also a topic of massive importance to automakers and tech companies seeking to build out new business models. The opportunities to monetize mobility-derived data are enormous, but so too are the risks involved with handling data that can so easily strip away privacy or be used in invasive and annoying ways. To help walk us through the challenges and opportunities involved with automotive Big Data, we are joined by Yael Rivkind, the Director of Partnerships for one of the pioneering marketplaces for the data derived from connected vehicles: the Israeli firm Otonomo.

It appears that Anthony Levandowski is getting back in the autonomous drive space, according to Kirsten's latest scoop that uncovers his apparent involvement with an autonomous truck company called Kache.ai. We then discuss the good the bad and the ugly in the latest developments of the Tesla saga, and the race between Uber and Lyft to diversify into new multi-modal mobility options. Also, we'll be in San Francisco next week for the Autonomous Vehicle Symposium so if you'll be attending as well and want to meet up be sure to drop us a line.

Los Angeles might be a city built for cars, but it's become one of the first cities where the hot trend of on-demand micromobility has caught on. To help us understand the challenges and opportunities facing electric scooter sharing in LA and beyond, we are joined by David Estrada, the Chief Legal Officer of Bird. Estrada catches us up on the state of play in Los Angeles, where political challenges are leading to solutions that Bird hopes to apply to new cities as they continue their rapid expansion, and explains why some cities seem to embrace dockless scooter sharing more quickly than others. If you've been waiting for The Autonocast to do a micromobility issue, your wish has been granted... and be sure to stay tuned for more episodes on this fascinating new mobility segment.

This week, on the Autonocast's City Series, we look at mobility in one of the great car cities of the world: Los Angeles. We are joined by Seleta Reynolds of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, who is leading the city's efforts to transform from a city built by and for cars into one that embraces the new spectrum of mobility technologies. From traditional modes like public transit to autonomous cars and micromobility, Los Angeles is one of the great experiments for the mobility technology revolution.

The typical guests on The Autonocast is a mover-and-shaker in the auto industry or mobility technology space, often the founder or high-ranking officer of a company in the space and usually a seasoned professional of some kind. But while we were in Tel Aviv for Mobility Week, we came across two young men who do not fit into our typical guest profile but whose understanding of the space blew us away. Avi and Rafi are 13 year old twins, friends of the show (and the sons of a friend of the show), and sharp observers of both cars and mobility technology. Their precocious grasp of the issues and contrasting perspectives on some of the biggest controversies convinced us to record with them, and as you can hear on this episode we all had a blast. It's fascinating to imagine the world of mobility technology in which these young men will find themselves as adults, and based on their keen insights it's hard to imagine them not someday becoming exactly the kind of professional we typically have on the show. Hopefully in twenty years we'll still be recording Autonocast episodes, and these perceptive young men will be able to join us once again.

Sensor week rolls on here at The Autonocast, with an episode featuring Rani Wellingstein and Nate Meir of the lidar company Oryx Vision. From the technical weeds of these complex sensors to the high-level view of the market for autonomous drive and ADAS lidar systems, our guests this week will make you feel like an expert. Our only regret is that you all couldn't be with us at the seaside restaurant in beautiful Tel Aviv where we recorded this memorable episode.

One of the most fascinating things we found while talking to Israeli mobility companies during Mobility Week is that many of them never set out to get into the mobility space. For example, Arbe Robotics originally wanted to make sensors for drones, but found that there were regulatory challenges and that the opportunities in automotive made it an extremely promising sector. Arbe CEO Kobi Marenko sat down with Alex, Kirsten and Ed in Tel Aviv to explain his company's high-resolution radar technology, how "miracles are part of the plan" in Israel and why the future of mobility technology is so bright.