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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, invited as a Research Engineer to NASA where he worked on the Mars rocket, and recognized as an Automotive News Europe ‘Rising Star’.  The Monolith platform leverages clients’ test data

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 in November 2024, much of his work involves highlighting the need to make insurance a core design attribute.   In the build-up to the 2024 FISITA World Mobility Summit, we asked

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 president for mobility research and business development at The Ohio State University, 25 years at Nissan North America, Inc., where she served as senior vice president of research and development,

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.   On the understanding that EVing is something we can do, the question is, should we, or not?  Despite rapid advances in EV product and technology over the 15 or so

FISITA World Mobility Summit speaker Nico Cuevas shares his thoughts on the topic of the event’s title, “To EV, or not to EV?”   Nico Cuevas is the CEO of Urbix, a US developer of graphite processing technology which focuses on natural battery-grade graphite using environmentally friendly refinement processes.   Founded in 2014, Urbix has operations in Mesa, Arizona and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. In September 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy selected Urbix to enter into award negotiation for US$125m of funding to advance the construction of its commercial-scale graphite processing facility.  In the build-up to the 2024 FISITA World Mobility Summit, we spoke to Nico and asked him to share

Arno Zinke and Yannick Raynaud, representing the FISITA Industry Disruption Expert Group, consider the ways that disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, the software-defined vehicle, and digital twins are shaping the future of mobility  Megatrends as varied as climate change, urbanisation, remote work, and ageing populations are starting to impact how we transport people and goods. Moreover, new market forces and changing supply chains are influencing the way mobility is perceived and fundamentally impacting the dynamics of the mobility industry.   The automotive industry is undergoing disruption, forcing established automakers and suppliers to rethink traditional approaches to vehicle design, production, and operation. New market entrants have set higher standards for engineering