The BMW i3, which started life as a quirky city hatchback, will evolve into a fully grown, all-electric alternative to the ...

The BMW i3 and BMW i8 have a completely different assembly process than any other BMW. I remember a BMW production manager telling me back in 2014 that the factory workers say the assembly process for ...

As BMW fine-tunes the robots and tooling that will soon begin building the i3—the world's first mass-produced carbon-fiber-intensive electric/plug-in-hybrid car—we were invited for a tour of its ...

Five years ago, managers at BMW realized that with Germany’s graying population the average age of their workers would jump from 41 to 46 by 2017. So they decided to make it happen sooner. The luxury ...

FILE - This May 8, 2008 file photo shows the production line at the BMW assembly plant in Greer, S.C. It has been 20 years since BMW announced it would build an automotive plant in South Carolina. Two ...

When he joined the BMW production staff in 1994, Chad Johnson had never built a car. Nor had anyone else on that original crew. "We were used-car salesmen, cooks, college kids, mechanics, cotton mill ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- At the BMW assembly plant here, as many as 66 workers at any one time are leaping into the future with the help of wearable robotic devices. The Spartanburg plant is pioneering ...

The new Clemson Vehicle Assembly Center that was unveiled last week in Greenville, S.C. aims to expand manufacturing research and workforce development in the area. It’s a collaborative effort with ...

BMW leverages AI and process intelligence across its data platforms to optimize production, logistics and customer experience ...

South Carolina's rise as an auto industry corridor has been a phenomenon. Far from the industry's traditional Great Lakes center, more than 400 automotive companies now operate in the state, including ...