As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

There's a race to build more vehicles more efficiently, with Ford, Tesla and others trying to revamp the way cars are made Henry Ford sparked an industrial revolution with the automobile assembly line ...

Louisville, Ky. — Ford Motor Co. is making a "bet" that a $2 billion investment in Louisville Assembly Plant to make a $30,000 midsize electric truck and abandon the traditional moving assembly line ...

Solar electric vehicle startup Aptera Motors released a new update today, giving us a first look at its validation vehicle assembly line, along with progress on battery production and efficiency ...

Over a century ago, Henry Ford’s assembly line helped mass-produce the Model T, setting a new standard for how to manufacture vehicles. Now, at its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky, the Ford ...

Ford is reinventing the traditional car factory it established more than a century ago with the Model T. The new Universal EV Production System splits the traditional single assembly line into three ...

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors continues to inch closer to scaled manufacturing of its flagship vehicle, with a new validation assembly line being installed at its headquarters. The last thirty days ...

Even before the move toward modular production, the assembly line was already changing, with the introduction of robotics and some AI. Their promise, in an assembly line of the future, is to enable ...