Austin Weber

MUNICH—BMW AG recently unveiled the sixth generation of its eDrive technology, which will be used in its Neue Klasse electric vehicles.

COLLEGE STATION, TX—Engineers at Texas A&M University have developed functional interlocking metasurfaces that provide more structural strength and stability than nuts, bolts or adhesives.

WARREN, MI—A GM engineer tests EV batteries by day and counts birds by night.

SEOUL—Engineers at the Seoul National University have developed a gripper that can move multiple objects.

CHICAGO—A variety of electric vehicles stood out at the recent Chicago Auto Show.

PRINCETON, NJ—Engineers at Brown University, Princeton University and Rice University have developed a low-power, inexpensive way for machines in factories to share information wirelessly.

WOLFSBURG, Germany—Volkswagen AG plans to produce a low-cost, entry-level electric vehicle at its flagship factory here.

Artificial intelligence technology energizes manual assembly lines.

MARYSVILLE, OH—Honda Motor Co. has unveiled how it will mass-produce electric vehicles alongside hybrid and traditional internal combustion engine models at its flexible factory here.

GRAZ, Austria—Engineers at the Graz University of Technology have harnessed artificial intelligence technology to develop a way to streamline the amount of time it takes to develop next-generation power trains.