People do incredible things with Lego bricks. They’re a powerful tool to turn any number of ideas into something real and functional. Cars have always been popular Lego products, but a machine that ...

You can't produce electric cars without battery packs, and getting the cells and packs isn't necessarily easy across the industry. There's not enough mining or refining, and most cells and packs are ...

The hard truth is that the GTM model we as an industry have spent the past decade perfecting has become a relic.

Ford Motor Co., which famously popularized the assembly line, has joined Tesla Inc. and other EV makers around the world in a race to find a different, cheaper way to make a lot of cars, and fast. The ...

I stand at a steel workbench, building snow shovels, my sturdy boots on a rubber mat littered with dropped screws. Although I wear earplugs, the roaring hiss of pneumatic tools is overwhelming at 92 ...

Assembly line systems form the backbone of modern manufacturing, and the optimisation of their balancing and sequencing is critical to achieving enhanced productivity, reduced costs, and improved ...

Rivian is preparing to start production of its R2 compact crossover soon and is currently setting up the assembly line. Meanwhile, a pilot line builds pre-production R2 vehicles for testing before ...

PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab has started building a new A320neo-family assembly line in Toulouse to replace an older and less efficient facility and help speed up ...

GM's new virtual reality assembly center has already identified and fixed 494 issues without first touching a vehicle. GM has 'virtually' hosted six major build events this year with manufacturing ...

A Michigan-based company is putting a new wrinkle on the decades-old concept of using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) on the factory floor. Combining a battery-free design with a smart electronic ...

When I was mayor of Mountain View, California in 2018, I had the privilege of speaking at the dedication of a monument marking the “Birthplace of Silicon Valley.” The location is a commercial plaza in ...