Automotive Design Manufacturing

Aptera Solar Electric Vehicle Headed to the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show

The company has accepted $1.7 billion in pre-orders for nearly 50,000 vehicles.

Aptera's flagship vehicle, also coined Aptera.

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Robotic Large-Format Additive Manufacturing for Race Car Development

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This could reshape how cure tools are made for composite components.

Robotic Large-Format Additive Manufacturing for Race Car Development

Explosion at General Motors Site Causes Damage to Homes

Residents up to six miles away reportedly felt the blast.

Product Development

After Fast Start, Electric Cars Need a Recharge

Range limits and cost have left some drivers skeptical.

Electric vehicle charging stations are seen in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.

U.S. Army Cyber Command, DARPA Evaluate Advanced Cyber Threat Detection Technologies

Developers were able to detect and analyze malicious activity.

Constellation researchers and performers from industry and U.S. Army Cyber Command deploy cyber analytic applications via CANDOR in an operational test environment.

Product Development

Caribbean Researchers Test-Drive a Seaweed-Powered Car

Troublesome seaweed is increasingly plaguing beaches.

Auto Industry's Shift Toward EVs is Expected to Go On Despite Threats to Kill Tax Credits

Since 2021, the industry has spent at least $160 billion on EV development.

Tesla vehicles are displayed at the AutoMobility LA Auto Show,Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Los Angeles.

California Could Offer EV Rebates if Trump Eliminates Tax Credit

California's defunct Clean Vehicle Rebate Program offered rebates on electric cars as high as $2,500.

An electric vehicle is charged at a parking garage in Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2018.

Product Development

'Heritage Brand' Reboots Raise Questions Over Ties Between Products and Personal Identity

Are we the sum total of our consumer decisions?

This May 23, 2017, file photo shows a variety of Campbell's soups in a grocery cart at a store in Phoenix.

Missing Tool Flies for 300 Hours; Celebrity Tequila Stolen; Stanley's Tariff Hit | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 197

Also on the podcast, hackers steal MLB player's Lamborghini, local government won't help 4,000 trapped miners, AI hears battery fires before they start, GE Aero and NASA partner on contrails and homeland security release AI framework.

Hyundai, Kia Recall 208,000 EVs to Fix Problem That Cuts Power

A transistor in a charging control unit can be damaged and stop charging.

The Kia EV6 SUV under recall.

Honda Unveils Demonstration Production Line for All-Solid-State Batteries

The demonstration line has a total floor area of almost 300,000 square feet.

Overhead view of Honda demonstration production line for all-solid-state batteries.

Why the Holiday Shopping Season May Rely on Securing the Manufacturing Industry

Investments in cybersecurity usually fail to match those made in inventory, logistics and production technology.

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