MobilityVC says 2025 is the year new mobility bounces back

Sam Baker, the Founder and Managing Partner of the early-stage mobility startup investor, says don’t count mobility out. While 2024 was the year of regrouping, 2025 is the year the industry starts moving forward—and fast: ‘it’s going to be one hell of a ride.’

Electrogenic develops lightweight EV conversion kit for Mazda MX-5 Miata

The plug-and-play package features low-mounted batteries to preserve the original ICE car’s handling, and a small 100-kg mass increase combined with much greater powertrain output means the car’s power-to-weight ratio is improved by 21% for better performance.

Roland Berger forecasts 2040 to be nearly electrified and fully software-defined

The consulting firm’s Automotive Outlook 2040 predicts China’s auto industry will have captured 25-34% of the global market, with 70% of new cars sold globally will be battery electric vehicles, with hydrogen and e-fuels playing only a minor role, and almost all new vehicles will be software-defined.

PhysicsX introduces free AI app for accelerated aerospace engineering

Ai.rplane is a publicly accessible reference application built on the startup’s LGM-Aero, the first large geometry model trained on AWS cloud compute on data including high-fidelity physics generated with Siemens aimed at generating novel aircraft designs and predicting physics of aircraft performance.

Stellantis’ Mobilisights tempts fleet managers with a free-trial data pack

It is the latest step from the OEM focusing on the data-as-a-service business and its Dare Forward 2030 Strategy, with other key highlights being a software strategic plan involving the release of multiple products addressing B2C and B2B customers and the introduction of a new Ram ProMaster electric van.