Ventilators and respirators become a critical but limited supply item when a pandemic such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) occurs. Since air pressure and air flow are involved in both, pressure sensors are an integral part of many products. As different aspects of society pull together or respond to the implementation of the Defense Production Act, […]

Safety, industry, and health care provider, 3M, is currently operating at maximum production, having accelerated investments to expand its global capacity to help provide the products and components necessary in the fight agains COVID-19. Most recently, the company announced a partnership with Ford Motor Company. 3M and Ford are collaborating on specific ways the companies…

Volkswagen is becoming an equal partner with Ford in Argo AI, which is developing self-driving car technology. The companies will also be working on developing electric vehicles and vans for Europe.

After successful pilots at two plants in Dearborn, Michigan the past 16 months, Ford is rolling out 75 upper body EksoVest exoskeletons across 15 automotive plants worldwide. The automaker has partnered with Ekso Bionics to augment its employee’s capabilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Romania, China and Thailand in the coming months. The is the largest…

The Detroit Auto Show is known as a forum for new vehicle debuts. But in recent years it has also become a showcase for new vehicle technology as well. This year’s event had its share of interesting developments covering areas that ranged from autonomous technology to subsystems from Tier One automotive suppliers. Here are a…

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is known for hosting debuts of new-model vehicles. But some of the more interesting technical developments at the show don’t appear on the vehicles that get the lion’s share of the press coverage. What follows are some of the vehicles we noticed that seemed to host noteworthy powertrain…

Leland Teschler Executive Editor [email protected] On Twitter @DW_LeeTeschler Teschler on Topic The governor of Michigan recently signed legislation allowing autonomous vehicles to operate on the state’s highways. The signing was at a ceremony wherein the legislator was flanked by a self-driving Ford Fusion and a Model T. For those who follow the auto industry, there…

Ford Motor Co. design engineers are using immersive engineering to design better components and release them to production and assembly sooner. At the same time, assembly and installation problems with components have fallen by 80%, measured as a new vehicle goes into production. The gains stem from marrying motion-tracking and motion–analysis technology with ergonomics, making…