Manufacturing
General Motors hopes to stop making gasoline-burning cars by 2035
“Aspiration” plan developed with environmental groups could have the automaker carbon neutral within 20 years.
Author: Robert Schoenberger
Manufacturing
Stellantis pleads guilty in UAW bribery case, to pay $30 million
Long-running federal probe of autoworkers union won 15 convictions.
Vehicle Tech
GM to race GMC Hummer EV pickup
Extreme off-road race series to highlight capabilities of electric propulsion.
Manufacturing
Bugatti cuts vehicle weight with precision 3D printing
Pushrods in supercar vehicle chassis weigh 100g and can transmit 3.5 metric tons of force.
Manufacturing
Smalley wins GM supplier quality award
Eighth consecutive win recognizes zero-defect, reliably on-time delivery.
Vehicle Tech
Toyota partners with Stanford for safety research
Researchers to study how to bring race car driver reflexes to computer algorithms.
Manufacturing
GM announces electric product delivery system
Electrified pallet, EV delivery van to be released this year.
Industry
Ford ending production in Brazil
Nearly $3 billion in South American losses in past four years, coupled with COVID-19 sales declines, leads to strategy change.
Vehicle Tech
Schaeffler to provide drive-by-wire systems for autonomous race program
Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) race for university teams set for October.
Engineering
PTC buying SaaS PLM supplier Arena Solutions
Combination of Onshape and Arena will enable PTC to deliver complete CAD + PLM SaaS solution.
Manufacturing
Tesla hits 2020 sales target, more or less
499,550 deliveries falls slightly short of 500,000-vehicle target but automaker reaches production goals.
Manufacturing
Best of 2020: Lordstown Motors pioneering hub motor electric trucks
Higher power and smaller components will allow Lordstown Motors to power its Endurance pickup with hub motors in each wheel, greatly simplifying vehicle build.