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WASHNGTON—The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has recalled Tesla’s Cybertruck over a faulty body panel that can potentially fall off.

SAN JOSE, CA—General Motors and Nvidia Corp. are collaborating on next-generation vehicles, factories and robots using artificial intelligence, simulation and accelerated computing technology.

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corp. has unveiled a strategic initiative to assemble electric vehicles.

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland—AutoForm Engineering GmbH, a supplier of software for stamping and body-in-white (BiW) assembly processes, has released a new version of its AutoForm Forming R12 software. This version provides new capabilities and enhancements for the sheet metal forming process, in particular for the feasibility and validation phases of stamping processes.

Fully one-third of all U.S. manufacturing inputs come from Canada and Mexico.

A new study examines the impact of manual assembly processes on the heart health of workers at an automotive factory.

The first application was installed at GM’s Spring Hill, TN, plant, which mass-produces Cadillac SUVs such as the XT5 and XT6.

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland—AutoForm Engineering GmbH, a supplier of software for stamping and body-in-white (BiW) assembly processes, has released a new version of its AutoForm Assembly R12 software. This version offers new capabilities and enhancements for the BiW assembly process chain, in particular for hemming, process engineering, and process optimization and evaluation.

When the heat’s on, rugged equipment dispenses thermally conductive adhesives.

Despite the policy changes coming out of Washington, EVs aren’t going away. If anything, battery power is here to stay and will become even more prominent on American roads.