From lightweight plastics to advanced battery components, OEMs will have to balance cost and performance as future vehicles undergo material changes.

Denso’s Kara Grasso writes that UAM players—from aerospace heavyweights to nimble startups—stand to learn much from the century-old auto industry.

Automakers are scrambling to build a new generation of vehicles that are intelligent, connected and electrified. That’s forcing engineers to rethink how traditional assembly lines and production processes function.

DEARBORN, MI — Technicians soon will be trained how to service and maintain the all-electric Mustang Mach-E without need to access a physical model with a new virtual reality training tool from Ford and Bosch.

RIDGEVILLE, SC — Volvo will build its own U.S. battery assembly plant as it readies a line of electric vehicles for the market. The expansion is part of a previously announced $600 million project by the Swedish automaker, which includes a second production line and Volvo Car University.