Mercedes Launches Extensive Digital Production Platform
Company plans to achieve 15% efficiency improvement through connecting sensors—and everything in between—to the Cloud
Gary S. Vasilash
Transportation Editor, Gardner Business Media
Inside Xpeng Motors
A look at some of the technologies being deployed in a new factory building electric vehicles in Zhaoqing, Guandong Province
#ABB #BASF
Addressing Automation for Commercial Applications
Self-driving ride-hailed vehicles may seem cool, but autonomous commercial vehicles may actually be a better deployment of the technology
#Cadillac #Waymo #tech
What You Need to Know About Byton & the M-Byte
Byton is on a fast path forward with its M-Byte electric SUV launching in China this year and North America and Europe next. Here are key aspects. And keen insights from Benoit Jacob, its head of Design
#Renault #Volkswagen #Byton
NVIDIA Offers “Orin”; Fighting Cyberattacks; Under the Radar Weight Savings
NVIDIA Offers “Orin”; Fighting Cyberattacks; Under the Radar Weight Savings
#tech #Tesla #Chevrolet
Conti-Nexteer JV Readies "Brake-to-Steer" Tech
Redundancy is good for automation
#chassis
Akella on the Intersection of AI & Manual Assembly Ops
While there is an on-going pursuit of automation, Prasad Akella and his colleagues at Drishti Technologies believe there are big benefits to be gained by improving manual operations by using the power of AI
7 Cool Tools: Laser Cutting, Fixture Modeling, and more
Increase operational productivity with these new developments for automotive manufacturing from Mazak, Renishaw, Omron, Marposs and more.
Cobots: 14 Things You Need to Know
What jobs do cobots do well? How is a cobot programmed? What’s the ROI? We asked these questions and more to four of the leading suppliers of cobots.
Freudenberg Leans into Industry 4.0
CTO/COO Ted Duclos talks about dual roles and common objective
#people #facilities #tech
Conti-Nexteer JV Readies "Brake-to-Steer" Tech
Redundancy is good for automation
#chassis
Valeo Scales Up Tech Plans
CTO Guillaume Devauchelle on the future of electrification, automation and in-vehicle health systems
#tech #Valeo #europe
2021 Nissan Rogue: Five Ways They’ve Improved the Brand’s Best Seller
It is the ever-vexing challenge: Making something popular better—with what it takes to get new customers without alienating the existing ones.
#Nissan
Industrial Robot Use Hits All-Time High
U.S. robot use in 2019 up but slowed. China dominates deployment
#tech
Nissan Manufacturing Wish List
What are the sorts of things that people at Nissan North American manufacturing ops are looking for?
#Nissan #Infiniti #facilities
Tools You Can Use
Here are a few useful developments for your manufacturing operations, whether it is making components for electrical systems or camshafts or more.
Laser Blanking Line Means Significant Material Save
Increase production and save material. Seems like a double win for the sheet metal shop.
#Schuler
