Ford is reinventing the traditional car factory it established more than a century ago with the Model T. The new Universal EV Production System splits the traditional single assembly line into three ...

Henry Ford standing beside one of his vehicles. (Image courtesy of Ford Motor Co.) The first moving assembly line at Henry Ford's Model T factory in Highland Park went into operation on Oct. 7, 1913, ...

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley announces a new electric vehicle platform and assembly system at the Louisville Assembly Plant on August 11. Less than two weeks after announcing its electric vehicle ...

Tesla is not like other big automakers, burdened by decades of tradition and certain engrained ways of doing things. The EV maker builds its cars quite differently compared to legacy manufacturers, ...

Building a new car is expensive. In order to cut costs, manufacturers often reuse parts from other models. Most large manufacturers plan out multiple models that can run on a single platform or use a ...

Though it might seem like something Buffalo Bill from “The Silence of the Lambs” would be a little too interested in, body parts modeling is actually a legitimate modeling genre that involves nary a ...