2025 in the rear-view mirror
December 22, 2025
Three conferences, a new president, a host of new members, and all-new digital – much has happened at FISITA in 2025, write FISITA CEO Chris Mason and CTO Martin Kahl
Three conferences, a new president, a host of new members, and all-new digital – much has happened at FISITA in 2025, write FISITA CEO Chris Mason and CTO Martin Kahl
Episode 3 of FISITA’s Beyond the Car podcast features a conversation with Pierre Millette, the Chief Technology Officer of ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.
Autonomy, electrification, and connectivity are reshaping the automotive landscape. To meet global demand, the automotive industry must shift from selling cars to delivering flexible, sustainable systems built for everyone, writes Dr Christopher Borroni-Bird
‘Beyond the Car’, FISITA’s podcast series, kicks off with a leadership special featuring Mike Anderson and ChangHwan Kim’s reflections on the FISITA Presidency and the evolution of the organisation. By James Scoltock
The shift to software-defined vehicles is more than a technical upgrade, it’s a cultural revolution. Explore how legacy manufacturers need to evolve to stay relevant in a market driven by intelligence, integration, and speed. By Dr Partha Goswami
Artificial intelligence has the power to transform computer‑aided engineering (CAE), and the FISITA Digitalisation Expert Group’s recent webinar AI for CAE – Opportunities and Challenges in Automotive Engineering explored both the promise and the pitfalls of this emerging technology, with case studies and key findings from the working group’s upcoming white paper of the same name.
Save the date for the FISITA World Mobility Summit 2026, hosted by FISITA President ChangHwan Kim on 4–5 November in Seoul. Supported by KSAE, the biennial summit brings together leaders of FISITA member organisations for two days of thought leadership, knowledge sharing, networking and the Academy of Technical Leadership Awards. Alongside this, preparations for EuroBrake 2026 are underway, with sponsorship opportunities available and the Call for Papers now open. FISITA also highlights recent digitalisation insights from its latest webinar and
AI-driven simulation technologies are increasingly promoted as a potential “holy grail” for the automotive engineering community, promising accelerated vehicle development and breakthrough design capabilities. Nonetheless, important questions remain around topics such as:
– The extent to which machine learning solvers can already deliver reliable, swift, and well-reasoned design decisions.
– The inherent drawbacks and risks of data-driven simulation methods.
– The challenges which must be addressed to enable large-scale implementation of machine learning solvers in safety-critical automotive
Episode 1 of our new podcast is now available.
In 2025, the two-year rolling presidency of FISITA was passed from Mike Anderson to ChangHwan Kim.
Mike is Vice President Global Battery & Propulsion Engineering at General Motors, and ChangHwan is Executive Vice President, and Head of Battery and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development at Hyundai Motor Company.
As well as discussing their current corporate responsibilities, we talked at length about FISITA—what it means to them, Mike’s reflections on his Presidency from
EuroBrake 2026 is open for business, returning to Mainz, Germany on 1–3 June 2026. Members are invited to connect through leadership and update meetings, while two new initiatives – the FISITA Webinar series and FISITA “Beyond the Car” Podcast launch to share thought leadership across the mobility community. The first podcast airs on 30 October, alongside a webinar on AI for CAE in automotive engineering in November.