Articles by Austin Weber

WESSLING, Germany—Lilium has started to install state-of-the-art production equipment to assemble the propulsion units of its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

NURTINGEN, Germany—A new three-year R&D project is attempting to improve the safety of plastic battery housings used in electric vehicles.

Engineers at Harvard University have developed a lithium-metal battery that can be charged and discharged thousands of times and recharged in a matter of minutes.

The Assembly Plant of the Year has been going 20 years strong. Who will be the next to claim the award?

Autonomous & Electric Mobility recently asked John Nunneley, senior vice president of design engineering and IT at Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc., to talk about how the company is meeting the needs of electric vehicle manufacturers.

SPARTANBURG, SC—BMW Manufacturing Co. plans to use humanoid robots at its flagship assembly plant here.

WASHINGTON—The skilled labor shortage is forcing manufacturers to consider implementing flexible work schedules.

MARANELLO, Italy— Ferrari and Philip Morris International's strategic partnership has primarily focused on sponsorship of the automaker’s famous Formula 1 racing team. Now, the two companies are turning their attention to sustainability.

Engineers at Ford Motor Co. are developing ways to turn branches, twigs and leaves that are discarded during olive harvesting into sustainable auto parts.

To survive and thrive during the rest of this turbulent decade, manufacturers need to focus heavily on electric vehicle components.