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FISITA welcomes Thatcham Research as a Corporate Member

FISITA welcomes Thatcham Research as a Corporate Member  “Thatcham Research is joining FISITA as a new Corporate Member.  We welcome their area of expertise in automotive risk intelligence to support the safe and secure advancement of vehicle design. We are looking forward to supporting their collaboration within the FISITA community” – FISITA CEO, Chris Mason Why has Thatcham Research joined FISITA?  “Our mission is to support the sustainable deployment of new vehicle technologies by providing automotive risk intelligence to our partners

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FISITA welcomes Tinci Materials as a Corporate Member

FISITA welcomes Tinci Materials as a Corporate Member  “I have the pleasure of announcing TINCI materials as a new Corporate Member of FISITA. Bringing its expertise in the area of lithium-ion battery materials, to help shape innovation in mobility solutions. We look forward to working with you.” – CEO FISITA, Chris Mason Why has Tinci Materials joined FISITA?  “TINCI has joined FISITA to enhance its global presence and contribute to the automotive engineering community. Our objectives include fostering collaboration, sharing

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FISITA Newsletter – December 2024

Dear colleagues

As 2024 draws to a close, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on another excellent year of progress and the significant successes we achieved throughout the year.

At the start of 2024, we welcomed several new team members, strengthening leadership and the team’s ability to deliver progressively against our new-era strategy.

I’m pleased to report that we’ve made great progress, marked by significant developments in member engagement and the launch of several new initiatives alongside a

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2024 in the rear-review mirror

FISITA CEO Chris Mason and CTO Martin Kahl reflect on the key highlights of 2024

Being at the heart of the technology of mobility means at FISITA, we’re always looking forward – but the end of the year allows us to reflect on what’s happened over the last 12 months.

Here are the key FISITA highlights from 2024:

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FISITA Newsletter – November 2024

Dear colleagues

I write as we return from delivering a very successful World Mobility Summit in Michigan last week. We will provide a full report in next month’s newsletter, meanwhile we extend our thanks to all who attended, contributed and collaborated in the event, especially to FISITA President, Mike Anderson and the team at General Motors, for hosting us so very well.

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FISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 speaker interview with Richard Ahlfeld

FISITA World Mobility Summit speaker Richard Ahlfeld, CEO at Monolith, shares his thoughts on the theme of the event, “To EV, or not to EV?”  Dr Richard Ahlfeld is CEO and Founder of Monolith, a no-code AI platform used by the world’s leading automotive, aerospace and industrial engineering.  With a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and Data Science from Imperial College, Richard has been recognised across academia and industry, including being named to MIT Technology Review’s Top 10 Innovators under 35,

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FISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 speaker interview with Ben Townsend

FISITA World Mobility Summit speaker Ben Townsend, Head of Automotive at Thatcham Research shares his thoughts on the theme of the event, “To EV, or not to EV?”   With over 20 years’ experience in the engineering industry, ranging from aerospace and defence to automotive, Ben Townsend is a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer. Ben heads up the automotive products and services activities at Thatcham Research, where, as he’ll outline at the FISITA World Mobility Summit

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FISITA World Mobility Summit 2024 speaker interview with Carla Bailo

FISITA World Mobility Summit speaker Carla Bailo shares her thoughts on the theme of the event, “To EV, or not to EV?”  Carla Bailo has been President of SAE International since February 2023. A past President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), Carla is the President and CEO of ECOS Consulting LLC and a leader in engineering and vehicle program management with 42 years’ experience in the automotive industry.  That experience includes five years as assistant vice

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Thought Leadership: To EV, or not to EV?

FISITA’s CTO Martin Kahl considers the theme of this year’s FISITA Summit, and some of the topics likely to be raised by the event’s speakers and panellists  To EV, or not to EV? It’s such a simple question, but its simplicity belies the vast complexity of the quest for cleaner mobility.  The challenge is not to choose one of two mutually exclusive outcomes, but rather to navigate two potentially synergistic ways of reducing greenhouse gases and CO2 emissions from transportation.  

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