Manufacturing
Speed machining for autonomous vehicles
Sandvik Coromant worked with Local Motors to increase manufacturing efficiency 20x on the Olli autonomous shuttle.
Category: Manufacturing
Plants, production systems, automation, materials, and quality.
Manufacturing
Volvo, Daimler partner on hydrogen fuel cell trucks
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Engineering
Bin-picking kit
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
University of Michigan, Autocam Medical, Make Medical collaborate amid COVID-19
Autocam Medical provides quick-turn manufacturing of breakthrough ventilator splitter with individual pressure capability.
Manufacturing
Lordstown Motors to make hub motors for electric pickups in house
Startup licenses design from Solvenia’s Elaphe Propulsion Technologies for work trucks.
Manufacturing
Solid-state EV batteries could dramatically expand energy density
Samsung researchers develop a lithium battery capable of 900Wh/L energy density, triple the rating of current storage systems.
Manufacturing
Honda, Toyota restart North American production
Detroit’s automakers plan to restart facilities next Monday.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing responds to COVID-19
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
Ford ships 3M respirators
Powered devices filter air in external device, blow clean air into workers’ hoods.
Manufacturing
GM earns $300 million in Q1, sets May 18 plant restart date
Earnings fall sharply but remain positive, unlike the nearly $2 billion losses for Ford and Fiat Chyrsler.
Manufacturing
Fiat Chrysler loses $1.9 billion in Q1, sets May 18 restart date for US plants
UAW says it will monitor plants, respond aggressively if COVID-19 outbreaks hit workers.
Engineering
Linear guides with integrated measurement
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.