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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

CFD, or Computational Fluid Dynamics, is the use of computer simulations to predict how fluids like air or coolant move around and through objects. In car design, "fluid" mostly means airflow. It's ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Tesla is close to implementing a new die-cast process that could significantly reduce costs and simplify vehicle ...

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