Mascha Brost works as a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart, Germany, at the department of “Vehicle Systems and Technology Assessment”. She conducts research in the area of new vehicle and mobility concepts. Her focus is on sustainable mobility solutions, including light electric vehicle (LEV) concepts. She researched this topic, for example, in the context of the study “Elektrische Klein- und Leichtfahrzeuge. Chancen und Potenziale für Baden-Württemberg”, as part of the IEAHEV TCP Taskforce 32 “Small Electric Vehicles” and as one of the editors of the book Small Electric Vehicles – an international view on light three- and four-wheelers (Springer). She received her diploma in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany and complemented her technical education with a master’s degree in Integral Design Studies, an international, interdisciplinary programme of the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. She applied the combination of technical development and artistic product design in a product design office before she started scientific research at DLR.

Simone Ehrenberger is a researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart, Germany, at the department of “Vehicle Systems and Technology Assessment”. Her research focuses on life cycle assessment of vehicle components as well as the economic assessment of new train concepts and their operational potentials. She graduated from the University of Karlsruhe and holds a diploma in geoecology. Before joining the Institute for Vehicle Concepts, she worked on projects in the field of life cycle assessment with the research group for material flow and resource management at the Institute of Applied Sciences at Pforzheim University.