The prospect of reduced mobility in a quarantined world has rattled the most stable of companies. But amid the uncertainty, venture investors long enamored with the disruptive potential of new transportation technology are still searching for fresh opportunities.

Tal Cohen is co-founder of Drive TLV, a business incubator that collaborates with select mobility startups and introduces them to global partners such as Volvo Cars, Honda, Cox Automotive, Hertz and Aptiv.

As coastal tech giants and traditional automakers joust for ultimate control of the future of the U.S. auto industry, the industrial heartland is at a significant disadvantage in a key area.

The creative spirit lives on. The seeds that have been planted, and the ones that will be sown once this pandemic crisis abates, will sprout in the soil of a changed world.