Beyond the Car - a FISITA podcast

In the complex world of automotive technology, there’s so much more to stopping than brakes—and there’s so much more to brakes than stopping.  In this episode of FISITA's Beyond the Car Podcast, we're talking about the evolution of brake technology, from a practical and necessary safety device, to an intelligent system that's become central to the successful implementation of next-g...

“Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” – so goes the motorsport-related marketing mantra, coined to indicate that racing success can help move road cars off dealership forecourts. The pinnacle of automotive engineering, motorsport fuels rapid technology development, with proven technology transfers from race to road. What an automaker does at the track may seem a world away from anything in mainstream au...

Feat. Peter Sigal, Automotive News Europe; Sam Abuelsamid, Telemetry; Bill Russo, Automobility Ltd.    In 2025, significant changes in automotive policy and strategy were introduced in the US, the EU, and China, with considerable implications for global automakers, suppliers, and consumers. In this episode of FISITA's Beyond the Car podcast, we bring together industry experts to look at the k...

How far can a vehicle drive itself without human intervention? In this episode of FISITA's Beyond the Car podcast, we talk about just that: long-distance, hands-free driving. Motivated by decades of record-breaking road trip experience and enthusiasm, and inspired by the idea of driving from west coast to east coast with zero human intervention, our guest on this episode joins us to talk abou...

Automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have honed their skills to assemble the parts, subsystems, and subassemblies from individual components into the vehicles that we know so well. Follow FISITA's 'Beyond the Car' podcast on LinkedIn What they don't know is how many parts their competitors use - how they assemble and join them, how much those parts weigh, and critical...

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. Follow FISITA's 'Beyond the Car' podcast on LinkedIn ACEA is headquartered in Brussels, directly opposite the city's famous Berlaymont building, the home of the European Commission (EC), th...

Parking is, for most drivers, one of the most mundane and frustrating aspects of driving. But it's also one of the most complex challenges in urban mobility - one that reaches deep into issues that include public transportation, urban design, business models, technology, and sustainability. Follow FISITA's 'Beyond the Car' podcast on LinkedIn In this episode, we discuss the bus...

FISITA is the global alliance for automotive engineers and engineering leaders, led by the FISITA President. In 2025, the two-year rolling presidency of FISITA was passed from Mike Anderson to ChangHwan Kim. Follow FISITA's 'Beyond the Car' podcast on LinkedIn Mike is Vice President Global Battery & Propulsion Engineering at General Motors, and ChangHwan is Executive Vice Presid...

'Beyond the car' is the new FISITA podcast about the technology of getting around. Hosted by Martin Kahl, CTO of FISITA, each episode of 'Beyond the Car' will feature thoughtful conversations with leading engineers and engineering leaders, and respected industry experts involved in the business and technology of mobility.  In 'Beyond the Car', we'll feature guest...