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Tel Aviv, Israel

August 22, 2019

 

WeDrive and PL3 sign MOU for Joint Israeli-Hungarian Development of a new Accessibility Device for the Public Transportation Sector

 

Tel Aviv, August 22, 2019― The Jerusalem-based high-tech startup company WeDrive R&D Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding in a ceremony at the Embassy of Hungary in Tel Aviv with PL3 Repair Services and Consulting Ltd., based in Pécs, Hungary. The two firms will jointly develop the INTERVID – a new face-to-face video communications device that will improve accessibility for public transportation.

 

Deputy Head of Mission János Lastofka hosted the signing ceremony accompanied by Szabolcs Szolnoki, head of Scientific and Technological Affairs at the embassy. WeDrive was represented by company co-founders Eliyahu Skoczylas, Dena Bailey and Avi Elias, along with Research Director Paul Shindman and Ncoom Gilbar, Director of Marketing and Acting CEO.

 

“We are extremely pleased to see this partnership take off,” Lastofka said. “We increased the Joint Hungarian-Israeli R&D Fund to 3+3 million Euros last year to tap into the enormous potential in partnerships like this. Today's signing shows that we can provide a platform for cutting-edge Hungarian and Israeli companies to bring groundbreaking products and technologies to the global market together.”

 

PL3 owner Péter Paróczai said he was thrilled that PL3 and WeDrive were the one of the first Hungarian-Israeli consortiums to apply for funding under the EU's EUREKA program that fosters innovation-driven entrepreneurship through multinational cooperation.

“Overall we see the cooperation with an Israeli startup company is the best possibility to get access to state of the art technologies and the most hands-on way for a Hungarian SME to go global,” Paróczai said.

 

Company founder Skoczylas, a high-tech veteran, said: “Not only is the INTERVID a ground-breaking development in accessibility communications, this product is the first in an integrated line of technological solutions that will humanize public transportation instead of depersonalizing it. We can use high-tech to keep the human element in mass transit. It's about empowering people, not replacing them, starting with the most challenged members of society.”

 

“At WeDrive, our goal is to define the future of autonomous public transportation, and the feedback we’ve received indicates that we are on the right track,” said Avi Elias, co-founder and Director of Business Development. “Municipalities and transport operators in Europe and North America pushed us to seek out an international partner and we're thrilled at the experience, skillsets and energy that PL3 brings to this joint venture."

 

The first trial deployments of the InterVid in European test areas are expected in Q2 2020.

 

About WeDrive R&D: The Israeli high-tech startup is developing a suite of solutions to safely handle the transition to autonomous (driverless) public transportation.

 

About PL3: PL3 Ltd. has 20 years of experience in developing, producing and maintaining electronic equipment and is ISO certified. http://pl3.hu/ (the English page on their site is http://pl3.hu/pl3-ltd.html)

 

CONTACTS:

 

Paul Shindman, WeDrive Research Director, +972-58-807-9187, paul@wedrivetech.com

Avi Elias, WeDrive Director of Business Development, +972-52-879-1818, avi@wedrivetech.com

Péter Paróczai, PL3 General Manager, +36-20-390-8356, peter.paroczai@pl3.hu

 

 

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