One of the first steps in cutting vehicle production costs is integrating the design chain. So says Volvo Cars of North America Inc., which last week unveiled a Web-based collaborative design system ...

Some major car manufacturers still design cars in clay before heading into production, and while that tradition doesn’t seem to be going away just yet, companies like Ford, Volvo and Rivian say mixed ...

There are more than 2 million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road today, which is enough to make them a regular feature in traffic whether a familiar-looking Tesla Model 3 or the wildly styled Toyota ...

The Czinger 21C is a technological breakthrough on multiple levels. Its core performance specs include a twin-turbocharged, flat-plane crank V8 paired with an 800V electric system that, combined, ...

GM is looking to expand its vehicle design, development, and testing using virtual processes. The shift is expected to reduce development time and costs through the elimination of a significant ...

Ford designers can now put on a pair of 3D goggles and see an entire car in the middle of the office. It's a technology that promises to speed up the car design process and make it easier to involve ...

For much of the twentieth century, the automobile was shaped less by the wind than by the whims of stylists and the desires of buyers. Long before drag coefficients became a selling point, car bodies ...

For Volvo, cars aren't just a mode of transportation, they're a sanctuary. And the company has a unique point of view for delivering a premium ecosystem to the customer where technology, materials, ...

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