Assembly line systems form the backbone of modern manufacturing, and the optimisation of their balancing and sequencing is critical to achieving enhanced productivity, reduced costs, and improved ...

Auto assembly is among the most complex operations in existence, and it requires thousands of parts, people, and machines to make it all work. While early automobiles were built individually by hand, ...

Tesla has a plan to fend off cheaper competition from China with a $25,000 electric car. But first it has to overhaul a 100-year-old manufacturing process pioneered by Henry Ford. The company is ...

You can't produce electric cars without battery packs, and getting the cells and packs isn't necessarily easy across the industry. There's not enough mining or refining, and most cells and packs are ...

Automotive News reports that he factory floor of 2030 will hum with a different rhythm. According to a definitive analysis from industry experts, at least one major automaker will achieve a 100 ...

TOULOUSE, France, July 10 (Reuters) - Europe's Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab inaugurated a new assembly line for its A321neo jetliner in southwest France on Monday, granting a new lease of life to ...

With a rooster incorporated into the front windscreen, Renault said, the new Megane E-Tech Electric "proudly displays its French origins, made at the Douai factory (in northern France) in the ...

A Michigan-based company is putting a new wrinkle on the decades-old concept of using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) on the factory floor. Combining a battery-free design with a smart electronic ...