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3D Printing Races to Redefine Automotive Production
September 1, 2022
With customization and design flexibility top priorities, automotive OEMs are integrating AM into their manufacturing roadmaps for full-scale production parts.

3D Printing Races to Redefine Automotive Production
September 1, 2022
With customization and design flexibility top priorities, automotive OEMs are integrating AM into their manufacturing roadmaps for full-scale production parts.

15 Universities Picked for EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge
April 28, 2022
Collegiate engineering teams to compete to advance clean transportation technology and accelerate transition to electric vehicles.

Lunar Rover Gets 3D Printing Boost
September 27, 2021
Makerbot METHOD X is being tapped to create prototype and production parts for a NASA Lunar Rover project in the works at Lockheed Martin Space.

Next-Gen: Academia Plugs in to Autonomous Technologies
March 29, 2021
SAE International and General Motors have partnered to headline sponsor AutoDrive Challenge, the latest of SAE International’s Collegiate Design Series.

At GM, 3D Printing is on the Fast Track
August 26, 2020
The car giant is expanding its use of AM for tooling applications, including fast change-over of production lines to fulfill a government contract for ventilators and PPE.

AutoDrive Competition Puts Student Engineers in the AV Driver’s Seat
October 22, 2018
AutoDrive, sponsored by General Motors and SAE International, is tasking eight university-level student teams with developing and demonstrating a fully autonomous passenger vehicle by the end of year three.

2018 Altair Enlighten Award Honors Automotive Lightweighting Innovators
July 30, 2018
GM, BMW, Asahi Kasei and Mazda, Sika Automotive, United States Steel and American Axle & Manufacturing take top honors at the 2018 CAR Management Briefing Seminars.
General Motors Expands 3D Printing
July 20, 2018
During a press tour of GM’s Lansing Delta Township assembly plant, the company’s director of global manufacturing integration, Dan Grieshaber, said that the company has 3D printers in most of its factories.

3D Printing, Electric Vehicles Converge at GM
May 9, 2018
GM leveraged Autodesk’s cloud computing and AI-based algorithms, using a generative design approach to create the part.

An April Additive Manufacturing Odyssey: RAPID + TCT 2018
May 4, 2018
A recap of the RAPID + TCT 2018 conference.

To 3D Print or Not to 3D Print? No More Questions
May 23, 2017
The system will employ a methodology the team dubs SAM-CT (Size, Accuracy and Materials + Economic Evaluation of Cost and Throughput) to determine 3D printing viability.
NanoSteel Delivers Automotive Steel to General Motors
April 25, 2016
The goal is to provide a new standard for material performance and advanced lightweighting initiatives.

NVH Testing: The Sounds of Success
November 1, 2014
General Motors uses LMS Soundbrush to “visualize” sound and improve design.
PSA Peugeot Citroen to Host FIRST Automotive Material Intelligence Consortium
September 29, 2014
The project is targeting material challenges including lightweighting, emissions reduction and supply chain risk.
dSPACE Increases Embedded Software Development for EcoCAR 3 Competition
May 20, 2014
Company will provide simulation systems, mentoring for the advanced vehicle technology competition.
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