Founder of Israel's autonomous driving technology software company Mobileye, Professor Amnon Shashua, has entered the Automotive Hall of Fame, which conferred on Shahua its Mobility Innovator Award at a ceremony in Detroit on Thursday.
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Since its establishment in 1939, the Automotive Hall of Fame has bestowed more than 750 awards upon industry leaders and innovators. Its long list of inductees is a veritable Who's Who of notable names, identifiable with their eponymous brands to this day, such as W.O. Bentley, Ettore Bugatti, David D. Buick, Louis Chevrolet, Walter P. Chrysler, André Citroën, Enzo Ferrari, Soichiro Honda, Armand Peugeot, Ferdinand Porsche, Louis Renault, and Ratan Tata – as well as brothers Horace E. and John F. Dodge, three generations of Fords, three Toyodas [sic], and five Opels.
This year's new inductees include the late sportscar magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini, Chinese entrepreneur Lu Guanqiu, pioneering production engineer Taiichi Ohno, trailblazing female racing driver Lyn St. James, and Alma and Victor Green (authors of The Green Book). Alongside Shashua, the organization also honored Ford CEO Jim Farley as Industry Leader of the Year.
"The automotive industry is experiencing revolutionary change driven by innovators who are shaping the future of mobility. The Mobility Innovator Award celebrates individuals and their impact," noted Automotive Hall of Fame president Sarah Cook.
"We are thrilled to recognize Amnon Shashua for his industry-leading contributions to advanced driving assist systems and other autonomous driving solutions," Cook said.
"I am truly overwhelmed. Entering the Automotive Hall of Fame and being awarded the Mobility Innovator of the Year is an incredible honor," Shashua said at the ceremony. "I am privileged to have the chance to work in and influence such an exciting industry."
Shashua founded Mobileye in 1999. At the time, he said, "no one in the automotive industry believed that a single front-facing camera could achieve the level of performance and robustness needed for a system that would prevent or mitigate collisions and other safety functions. I must say that it gave me great pleasure to do something that everybody said could not be done."
"Amnon's biggest contribution to the automotive industry is actually laying the groundwork for a safer, greener, and data-driven future – decades before such a vision would be deemed anything but a fantasy," Mobileye's chief legal officer and general counsel, Liz Cohen-Yerushalmi, attested in a tribute video. "I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that he has revolutionized the automotive industry forever."
In 2021, Shashua was named Automated Driving Executive of the Year by Automotive News. He received the Dan David Prize in 2020, and in 2019 was named Electronic Imaging Scientist of the Year by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology.
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