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The Future of Automotive Manufacturing
Travelling by car is by far and away the most popular way that many of us get to and from work. In fact, we probably spend more time in our cars than anywhere else, excluding the office of course....
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GM Exploring 3D Printing, Augmented Reality Tools for Manufacturing
General Motors’ manufacturing team is looking to university students to develop practical applications for the latest crazes of the techno-elite like 3D-printed gnomes and glasses that will go beyond...
View ArticleJaguar Land Rover Opens New £500m Engine Manufacturing Plant
Jaguar Land Rover has today opened its new Engine Manufacturing Centre. The new plant, which was first announced in September 2011, is located near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands and will be home...
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BMW Seeks 200 New Apprentices to Join UK Manufacturing and Retail Operations
BMW has revealed that it plans to recruit 200 UK apprentices in the course of 2015. In its MINI UK production network, the business says it is looking for 47 new apprentices to take up places in...
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Aston Martin Opens New Engineering Facility
Aston Martin says it is “significantly expanding” its vehicle engineering facilities with the opening of a new prototype and vehicle development base at the new MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton,...
View ArticleNTU Unveils Singapore’s First 3D-Printed Concept Car
Asia Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students have built Singapore’s first urban solar electric car with a 3D-printed body shell that has 150 parts. Mounted on a carbon-fibre single shell...
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Bentley Announces Largest Intake of Apprentices in 25 Years
Bentley has underlined its commitment to future skills development by announcing the company’s largest intake of apprentices in 25 years. 63 apprentices are to be recruited for positions starting in...
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Construction Begins on Jaguar Land Rover’s New UK Automotive Innovation Centre
A ceremony to unveil the foundation stone for the new National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) at the University of Warwick yesterday marked the formal launch of the construction phase for the...
View ArticleEngineers Unveil Design for Wind-Powered Cargo Ship
International shipping is transporting 90 per cent of all goods on earth. Running on heavy fuel oil freighters contribute to pollution. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) wants to reduce the...
View Article‘World’s First’ 3D-Printed Supercar Built Using New ‘Node’ Technology
U.S. company Divergent Microfactories has unveiled a disruptive new approach to automotive manufacturing that incorporates 3D printing to reduce the pollution, materials and capital costs typically...
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Lexus LC – Interview with Chief Designer Tadao Mori
AutoConception.com recently met with Lexus designer, Tadao Mori, and chief engineer, Koji Sato, to talk about their latest project, the all-new Lexus LC – a production version of the LF-LC concept that...
View ArticleToyota uBox Concept Car Gets 3D Printed Interior
Most of Toyota’s North American vehicles are engineered in Southeast Michigan. The newest concept to wear the automaker’s badge, however, has its roots firmly planted in the red clay of South Carolina....
View ArticleShell and Gordon Murray Unveil New City Car Concept
Shell and Gordon Murray have today unveiled a city car concept which they claim, if it were ever to go into production, could deliver material reductions in energy use in the road transport sector....
View ArticleRenault Clio R.S. 16 Officially Unveiled in Monaco
Renault has unveiled a new concept car on the streets of Monaco’s famous Grand Prix circuit today driven by Renault Sport Formula One Team’s Kevin Magnussen. Developed under the codename KZ 01, the...
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VIDEO: Ford GT Active Aerodynamics Demonstrated in Wind Tunnel
Development of the all new Ford GT continues unabated, with the carbon-fibre supercar expected to go on sale before the end of this year. Ford engineering supervisor Nick Terzes takes us behind the...
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Jaguar Land Rover Begins Construction of New Design and Engineering Centre
Jaguar Land Rover, currently the UK’s largest car manufacturer, has announced it is beginning construction work on a £200 million redevelopment of its design and engineering centre at Gaydon in...
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Ford GT Generates ‘More Software Code Than a F-35 Fighter Jet’
The all-new Ford GT supercar uses more than 50 different sensors to continuously monitor vehicle performance and behaviour, external environment, and driver inputs. The array of sensors provide...
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Ford Using Holographic Technology to Improve Car Design
Ford designers have been swapping some clay-sculpting steels and rakes for mixed reality headsets and visualisation software that can change vehicle design elements – side mirrors, grilles, vehicle...
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Car Designer Gordon Murray Announces New Vehicle Manufacturing Business
Gordon Murray has announced a new vehicle manufacturing company – Gordon Murray Automotive – which will take new car designs into limited-run production. The first car will be a flagship model...
View ArticleLamborghini Collaborates with MIT for Futuristic ‘Terzo Millennio’ Concept Car
Lamborghini has revealed a new electric car concept that the Italian manufacturer has developed in collaboration with the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The company says the Terzo...
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