DETROIT -- John Henke, CEO of Planning Perspectives Inc. in suburban Detroit, says North America's six major automakers made zero progress improving relations with suppliers over the past year.
Ford Motor Co. has created a pretty good video on how it uses 3D printing in its design and engineering efforts.The example just happens to be a nice plastics application, a new manual transmission shift knob.The process allows engineers to experience the real look and feel of a part that they are developing for Ford vehicles....
AURANGABAD, INDIA — India's Varroc Group is setting up a third automotive lighting plant in China.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy soon will launch a campaign to promote hydrogen cars, embracing a technology that was favored by the administration of President George W. Bush but initially shunned under Barack Obama.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. -- Plastics have a strong potential to help the auto industry reduce weight and improve efficiency, but for the next five to seven years, auto industry veterans and researchers say metal will still be the predominant material of choice.
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has put a lot engineering into its EcoBoost line of engines, which promise improved efficiency from smaller engines. But that engineering will not draw customers if they don't like the sound of those engines. So Ford...
DETROIT -- The first time David Schoch had an assignment in China -- as Ford Motor Co.'s chief financial officer there -- was from 2000-04, when the Chinese auto market produced fewer than 2 million cars.
DETROIT — The American car buyers may still love their sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks, but there is an increasing emphasis on small cars as the industry faces new fuel economy requirements.
DETROIT -- Three top automakers from each of the three major auto production regions are joining forces to help bring an affordable fuel cell vehicle to the market as early as 2017.
DETROIT -- Rising production in North America has forced automakers to collaborate more closely with their suppliers. And suppliers, in turn, are reaching outside the auto industry to get help.
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