LEIPZIG, Germany—Porsche AG’s assembly plant here that assembles the Maycan EV has been named the “Factory of the Year” by the Kearney consulting firm.
Electric vehicle manufacturers are deploying Industry 4.0 technology to improve visibility into production processes and enable assemblers to make better, faster decisions.
Engineers at Tesla Inc. have developed a new process that they claim will reduce EV production costs by 50 percent, while reducing factory space by 40 percent.