Vehicle Tech
GM changes logo to reflect electric vehicle future
The biggest change of the company's corporate image since 1964 is part of an effort to burnish GM's future in electrified vehicles.
Category: Design
Vehicle Tech
Schaeffler to provide drive-by-wire systems for autonomous race program
Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) race for university teams set for October.
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.
Engineering
Best of 2020: Racing to make ventilators
UK Formula 1 supplier uses Open Mind CAM software to rapidly transition from racing engine components to medical equipment parts.
Vehicle Tech
GM opens additive manufacturing industrialization center (Video)
Warren, Michigan, facility to focus on AM for production use.
Vehicle Tech
GM to offer semi-autonomous trailer hauling
Super Cruise feature to be available on high-end GMC pickups with haul mode.
Manufacturing
General Motors boosting electric, autonomous investment plans to $27 billion by 2025 (video)
35% increase in planned spending will help company launch 30 green vehicles within five years.
Vehicle Tech
Diesel giant Cummins spells out hydrogen strategy
Company plans to invest heavily in fuel cells for transportation, other markets.
Manufacturing
Ford investing $100 million in Missouri for electric van
2022 E-Transit to go into production next year at the Kansas City Assembly Plant.
Manufacturing
REE, Maxion partnering on electric vehicle wheel systems
Maxion technology could lower weight for REE's hub motor/EV chassis combination.
Manufacturing
GM earns $4 billion in Q3 as auto sales rebound
Nearly doubling last year’s numbers pulls automaker into positive territory for the year.
Fleets
Daimler Truck, Volvo partnering on hydrogen fuel cells
Volvo paying nearly $700 million for half of Daimler’s advance propulsion division to set up JV.