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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Historically, the process of designing vehicles could take years ...

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 ...

Ford designers can now put on a pair of 3D goggles and see an entire car in the middle of the office. It's a technology that promises to speed up the car design process and make it easier to involve ...

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 ...

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 ...