Here’s How Audi Plans to Scrap the Assembly Line
Modular assembly concept contrasts assembly line process that’s been key to car-making for more than 100 years.
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Appropriately, Toyota’s Texas Truck Plant Used to be a Ranch
The plant employs around 7,200 employees and has the capacity to build some 200,000 trucks annually.
How Honda Completely Reinvented the Assembly line
When Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line more than a century ago he revolutionized automotive production and ultimately changed the world. But now Honda is turning his time-tested method on its head.
A Virtual Tour of Ford’s Rouge F-150 Plant
The Rouge, a sprawling industrial complex, is the heart and soul of Ford manufacturing. Today it’s home to the brand-new F-150 pickup, arguably the company’s most important product but the heritage of this facility stretches back decades.
Visiting the Studebaker National Museum: Mega Gallery
The automotive business is a lot like nature; only the strong survive. Accordingly this industry’s slow lane is littered with the bloody corpses of deceased marques. Once-proud companies like Pontiac, Hupmobile, Willys-Knight and Hudson are long gone but not all of them are forgotten.
The Moving Assembly Line Turns 100 Years Old
It’s hard to believe, but the moving assembly line as we know it today in automotive manufacturing is celebrating its 100th birthday.
Honda Begins Production of New HondaJet Aircraft
VTEC must have really kicked in because Honda is taking to the skies. The Japanese automaker known for its cars, motorcycles and power equipment just began commercial production of aircraft.
General Motors Offering Tours Of All 54 Plants
Want to see automotive line workers, drinking, smoking and slacking off? Unfortunately, you have to go to Chrysler for that. GM, on the other hand, will be offering tours of all 54 plants throughout 2011 in a pretty cool but transparent PR move designed to shore up public opinion after the company launched its IPO...
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