Since 3D printing its manufacturing tools, the company involves its assembly-line workers in the design process to improve efficiency. This allows operators to evaluate concepts, using their ...

In assembly lines, robots are programmed to perform a single task with high precision. Consider the example of automobile assembly, depicted in the picture above. Cars move along a conveyor belt, ...

The Czinger 21C supercar is fast and a little revolutionary, but the manufacturing process that went into it could change the world. Czinger uses additive manufacturing, or what we call 3D printing, ...

General Motors is increasing its use of 3D printing across more production vehicles with a new 3D printing shop at its Global Technical Center in Warren. The Additive Industrialization Center (AIC), ...

While 3D printing is often discussed as an important new technology for the auto industry, it hasn’t made much of an impact so far. Now, Volkswagen and HP claim to have made a major breakthrough in ...

BMW provided flights from DC to San Francisco and back, plus five nights in a hotel, so we could attend Monterey Car Week in August. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MONTEREY, ...

If you’ve read previous Wheelspin columns, you’ll know I’ve been obsessed with collisions between the past and the future in the automotive world. One assumption popular among business thinkers is ...

Technology is funny. What seems cutting-edge today will eventually be outdated and replaced by the “next big thing,” or a better version of the now-outdated thing. Vinyl records gave way to ...