Automobility - Building and Profiting from the Future of Mobility
Creating the Future of Mobility
venture capital, investment advisory, automotive, management consulting, legal services, merchant banking
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WHAT WE DO

WHAT WE DO

Automobility Limited is a strategy and investment advisory firm that works
with its clients to build a robust ecosystem through collaborative innovation
in the areas of On-Demand, Intelligent, and Personalized Mobility.

TEAM

TEAM

Our founders are globally recognized industry experts,
management consultants and investment advisors with considerable experience
and proven track records in Asia and China.

PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO

The new “automobility” business model is enabled with technology that bridges
the connected automobile (physical internet of mobility) with smart mobility services
(digital internet of mobility).

MEDIA

MEDIA

Our thought leadership on the new automobility business model is unparalleled.
Our insights are regularly featured in local and international media and
we regularly speak at leading events and conferences around the world.

PARTNERS

PARTNERS

We feature a global network of partners to expand our capabilities to offer our clients
a full range of investment advisory and merchant banking services.

GET IN TOUCH

GET IN TOUCH

Please contact us to learn more about Automobility Ltd

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WHAT IS AUTOMOBILITY?

Mobility needs, previously satisfied through product “ownership”, are increasingly being served through mobility services “usership” with profound implications not only for traditional businesses within the value chain, but also for new entrants – as they compete to deliver services. Connected mobility, which we define as “technology-enabled on-demand mobility services for moving people and goods from point A to B”, has become a disruptive, paradigm-changing development in the automotive industry. It requires a complete rethinking of the way to deliver value to the market. To succeed, companies must expand their focus from the product (the automobile) to the utility derived from the product (“automobility”), and create a business model and digital ecosystem optimized to provide digitally enabled solutions for both car owners and mobility services users.

 

Automobility engages with clients to build and profit from the future of mobility through a portfolio of consulting, scouting, investment and business development services. To learn more about our thesis on the future of mobility, click here

THEMES OF OUR PORTFOLIO

Automobility emphasizes on building the intelligence of mobility by linking the product innovations to inter-connect, electrify, and automate (physical internet of mobility) with the business to solve the pain points of consumers (digital internet of mobility). The main themes are:

1. On-Demand Mobility

2. Intelligent Mobility

3. Personalized Mobility

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TEAM

bill

The world’s leading global expert on the development of the automotive industry and the future of mobility. Nearly 4 decades of experience in the auto, electronics and information technology industries. Currently serving as the Chair of the Automotive Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

Bill Russo

Founder and CEO
bevin-jacob

A tech enthusiast with expertise in business innovation, investment advisory, and go-to-market execution, Bevin will use his experience to foster sustainable solutions. He has served early stage start-ups, mature global companies and intra-prenuerial businesses.

Bevin Jacob

Partner and Co-Founder
Uri_1

A broad experience of over 2 decades in the hi-tech industry, working across a range of management roles and leading dozens of large scale multi-million dollar technological projects with major international companies. He brings experience in B2B to B2C transitions including development of new ecosystems and business models.

Uri Kushnir

Managing Director, Israel
Stav Shvartz

Cross-border investment professional, with experience working and living on 4 continents with deep expertise in the Chinese automotive sector. Over a decade of strategy and business development experience, working with OEMs, startups, tech conglomerates and banks.

Stav Shvartz

Investment and BD Director, Israel
emily-wang

Lead consultant and engagement manager with experience in new market entry, M&A pipeline and due diligence, organization structure, and business model design.

Emily Wang

Associate
amber-shu

Consultant with a degree in automotive engineering and project experience in automotive and mobility sector, including industry analysis, market entry, market growth and post-investment activities.

Amber Shu

Consultant
emma-liu

Financial analyst with a master's degree in finance, with experience in banking, portfolio management and financial analysis.

Emma Liu

Financial Analyst
emily-ren

Office manager with proven experience in multinational organizations working in professional sales and administrative assistant roles.

Emma Ren

Office Manager
Philippe Thegner

A wealth of expertise with particular focus on Automotive Aftermarket, Aftermarket Retail, Business Development, P&L Management, Product Management and Global Sourcing. Currently serving as Chair of the Automotive Aftermarket Supplier Association in China.

Philippe Thegner

Senior Advisor

SAMPLING OF OUR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

Automobility provides investment advisory, merchant banking and business development services for investors, corporations and startups.

Our portfolio companies are curated based on their fit and relevancy to our thesis on the future of mobility, with a particular emphasis on markets with a high potential to commercialize their technology.




MEDIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shanghai, Hong Kong June 23, 2020 UrbanChain Group Ltd, a Hong Kong based deve...

June 24, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Shanghai, China and Santa Monica, California March 18, 2020 Automobility Limit...

March 19, 2020

Arbe Raises $32M to Step Up Productization of First High-Definition Radar Chipset for ADAS and Auton...

December 17, 2019

Shanghai, China, November 28, 2019 The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has recognized its A...

December 15, 2019

Shanghai, China – May 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31°North and Automobility Ltd Announce a New Tec...

May 2, 2019

Los Angeles, October 10, 2018 About Renu Ventures:  Click here renu ventures is a venture fund inv...

October 11, 2018

Shanghai, China, August 21, 2018   “ Assuming the role as chair of AmCham Shanghai’s Automo...

August 25, 2018

May 7, 2018 Magnovate, an on-demand magnetic levitation (maglev) platform that enables a whole new g...

May 9, 2018

你是否对在全球最大汽车市场与我们的客户一起创造未来科技出行版图感到...

March 1, 2018

Are you interested in helping our clients to create the Future of Mobility in the world’s larg...

February 25, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2017 WyzLink, an innovative technology company specialized in A...

September 25, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 18, 2017 Evoke Electric Motorcycles, one of the industry leaders in...

September 19, 2017

Long-term Auto Industry Veteran and China Market Expert Announces the Launch of Automobility Ltd, a ...

September 18, 2017

NEXT Future Transportation, a company that is commercializing a patented autonomous mass-transportat...

September 16, 2017

Bill Russo, Managing Director from Gao Feng Advisory Company and Dr. Leonard Liu, Chairman & CEO...

February 22, 2016

MEDIA MENTIONS

Ozy, May 20, 2020 As their U.S. rivals sit idle, China’s self-driving startups are looking to close the gap   In March, as the leading self-driving car companies in the U.S. suspended testing because of the coronavirus, the Chinese startup AutoX accelerated its plans. It opened......

22 June, 2020

The Wire China, June 14, 2020 The electric vehicle company NIO was about to crash, but many think Beijing, intent on dominating the industry, grabbed the wheel.   BY DAN XIN HUANG Last December, the electric vehicle company NIO hosted its annual celebration for customers......

19 June, 2020

The Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2020 Government struggles to spark interest as consumers turn more to traditional vehicles By Trefor Moss This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of......

18 June, 2020

S&P Global, April 29, 2020 Author: Soon Chen Kang Theme: Retail & Consumer Products China’s decision to extend subsidies and exemptions for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles until 2022 is unlikely to significantly boost sales in this category, given the stronger effects the government’s wider initiatives......

09 May, 2020

The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2020 Roughly $1 billion investment entitles state-owned entities to 24.1% stake in electric-vehicle maker’s China unit By Trefor Moss SHANGHAI— NIO Inc., the embattled electric-vehicle startup once feted as China’s answer to Tesla Inc., has secured a financial lifeline from......

04 May, 2020

Radio France Internationale, April 17, 2020 Click here for a link to the podcast  French automaker Renault says its China operations will from now focus exclusively on electric vehicles, after it pulled out of a joint venture with Wuhan manufacturer Dongfeng, which produces conventional internal combustion engines.......

26 April, 2020

EVENTS

AutoSensONLINE, May 13, 2020 Time:  10:30pm Shanghai time,  3:30pm GMT, 10:30am Detroit, 7:30am Sa...

May 9, 2020

Tue, Apr 21, 2020 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM CST and 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT Join the Auto Care...

April 20, 2020

May 12, 2020 On May 12 (PST – California time) Bill Russo will be speaking at a Workshop for A...

April 15, 2020

March 19th at 7:30pm PST, March 20 at 10:30am in China X marks the spot presents: Fede Ponce, the fo...

March 18, 2020

Detroit, Michigan, May 14-15, 2020 This year AutoSens in Detroit promises to be bigger and better th...

March 3, 2020

Automotive Committee Event, March 12, 2020 Register Here: https://amcham-shanghai.eventbank.cn/event...

March 3, 2020

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 (9 AM – 11:45 AM) // SHANGHAI LOCATION The Langham Shanghai, Xinti...

January 22, 2020

Shanghai, China, January 13, 2020 Bill Russo spoke at the 20th UBS China Global China Conference hel...

January 22, 2020

Shanghai, China , December 4-5, 2019 The fourth edition of the Connected Mobility Conference was hel...

December 15, 2019

Huzhou, China, October 30, 2019 Topic: The Future of Automotive Introduction to the event The Intern...

November 3, 2019

AmCham Shanghai’s Automotive Committee hosted a recap session of Auto Shanghai 2019 on Thursda...

July 11, 2019

Las Vegas, NV, USAJanuary 8 & 9, 2019 Topic: China’s Path to the Digital Internet of Mobil...

January 28, 2019

Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 9, 2018 Bill Russo Delivers keynote speech at the 7th bi-annual Driving Ste...

January 15, 2019

Shanghai, China, December 15, 2018 Bill Russo speaking to the media at a luncheon held during NIO Da...

December 17, 2018

CGTN, November 20, 2018 Bill Russo was interviewed by the China Global Television Network on the dev...

November 27, 2018

ARTICLES

LinkedIn Pulse, April 2020 by Bill Russo, Bevin Jacob, Emily Wang and Amber Shu The Chinese automotive market is showing positive signs of a steady recovery since February when the country was under lockdown. As shown in Figure 1, the year-over-year change in daily average......

09 May, 2020

by Bill Russo and Edward Tse Over the past several years, app-based digital services have exploded in China, with its over 800 million mobile internet users.  China’s digital economy is providing affordable and convenient access to products and services, which typically involve some form of people and/or......

22 January, 2020

by Bill Russo, Bevin Jacob, Emily Wang and Amber Shu Throughout history, convenience and user experience have typically shaped our choices when it comes to transportation. People are inherently mobile creatures and some of history’s greatest inventions – wheels, bicycles, steamships, trains, cars, and airplanes –......

09 June, 2019

在过去几年中，出行服务在中国呈爆炸式增长，为日益城市化的社会提供了实惠便利的交通解决方案。目前在中国，大部分出行用户并不拥有汽车，这是对传统的汽车行业价值链的挑战，同时可能颠覆其根深蒂固的商业模式。...

26 May, 2019

Nikkei Asian Review, November 28, 2018 by Edward Tse and Bill Russo China is set to record its first annual decline in car sales in decades — at least, if the downward trend of the last four months continues. Sales in the world’s biggest car......

15 January, 2019

NEWSLETTERS

June 2020 We have launched a new format and name for our EXCELerate newsletter highlighting development milestones achieved by Automobility Ltd’s portfolio companies. This issue features presentations from the Auto|Mobility Tech Startup 5 Online Workshop held on May 12, including the panel discussion on the......

18 June, 2020

May 27 – June 3, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #34 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Our lead story is Volkswagen AG’s series of investments with Chinese EV firms as the automaker accelerates its push into......

18 June, 2020

May 18 – May 26, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #33 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. This issue features several investments into last-mile delivery providers and logistics optimization startups which underlines the continuous attention received by......

18 June, 2020

May 9 – May 17, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #32 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Our lead story in Issue 32 is Waymo raising another $750 million in funding from multiple financial investors, which is......

18 June, 2020

April 25 – May 8, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #31 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. In light of COVID-19, several recent deals infused much- needed cash into struggling ventures, such as NIO and Lime. This issue......

18 May, 2020

April 11 – April 24, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #30 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Recent deals indicate a growing momentum in the goods movement sector, which we believe has been boosted by the COVID-19......

04 May, 2020

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For general inquiries on how we can work with your venture, please email us at info@automobility.io

 

If you’re interested in a career at Automobility, please send your resume to careers@automobility.io

Our Location

 

Automobility Ltd Shanghai
Suite 2518, Corporate Avenue One, No.222 Hubin Rd,
Shanghai China 200021
Tel +86 6121 3600

 

Automobility Ltd Hong Kong
RM 2507, 25/F C C Wu Bldg 302, Hennessy Rd,
Wanchai, Hong Kong

 

Automobility Ltd Israel
101 Rokach Blvd, Tel Aviv, 6153101, Israel