Additive manufacturing is upending the way auto manufacturers produce vehicles and BMW is leading the revolution
Automotive Industry
3D printing in automotive industry
How is Ford Motor, a 100-year old automotive company, reacting to opportunities and/or threats of 3D printing technology?
3D Printing Toyota’s Headlights: The Sourcing Decision
Wondering how 3D printing will really affect our vehicles? Here's how I approached it at Toyota.
Smart from start to finish: GM’s path to new processes and products
General Motors uses intelligent assembly lines to manufacture the intelligent cars of tomorrow
Printing Ideas: Innovating Ford’s Product Development Cycle through Additive Manufacturing
How additive manufacturing (3D Printing) has become ingrained in Ford's product development cycle through rapid prototyping.
Chasing Glory: How Ferrari S.p.A. is embracing Additive Manufacturing to Win Again
Tired of finishing second to its racing arch-nemesis, Mercedes, Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A is leading Ferrari's charge into the future by teaming with Renishaw, a British engineering firm that specializes in additive manufacturing (AM). Ferrari is looking to ride the wave of the future back onto the podium's top spot and carry their storied heritage into the 21st century.
How traditional automotive OEM, Volvo Cars, embraces autonomous driving
Autonomous driving is one of the applications for machine learning and is going to change entire automotive industry. How the traditional car maker, such as Volvo Cars, is preparing for this trend?
Volkswagen: Additive Manufacturing as a Tool for Success
Can Volkswagen shake-up the status quo and use additive manufacturing to break into the tooling industry?
Printing the Future: Ford Motor Company’s New Production Process
The rise of additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) promises to revolutionize how companies build products. Ford Motor Company is revolutionizing the very production processes it popularized by adopting 3D printing and a renewed vision of cost savings and product innovation.
Customization vs. Scale – How BMW Imagines the Future of Cars
BMW Group seems to regard additive manufacturing as a source of new products and innovative business models rather than a manufacturing process to resolve existing issues.