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, ...

Before computers and automation, cars were a lot harder to build, often requiring hard men and brute force to go from raw materials to cool '50s or '60s Chevys sitting on a dealership's lot. Back then ...

FREMONT, Calif. — When Phil Verzola got home from work at 2 a.m., he woke up his wife to say his auto assembly line was about to shut down because of the West Coast port lockout. "Honey, we need 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 ...

Vehicle-manufacturing jobs grind down workers’ bodies. Is it time for a 32-hour week? Line workers work on the chassis of full-size General Motors pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly plant on June 12, ...

Ford plans to invest billions in new electric vehicle production, calling it the company’s “next Model T moment.”Ford said Monday it will invest $5 billion into a new assembly line and battery ...