GM has deployed new AI-driven systems across a number of production plants to enhance inspection accuracy and accelerate ...

Inside a bland-looking tilt-up concrete building in a new-ish business park near the Long Beach Airport, Ford is attempting ...

The "Universal Electric Vehicle" platform is expected to be key to Ford transforming its EV unit from billions of dollars in ...

The American auto industry is falling far behind China. Can Ford's EV skunkworks in Long Beach make it competitive again?

Engineers at the EVDC emphasized a key target: reducing platform complexity by as much as 30 percent compared to previous ...

The automaker brought together Silicon Valley techies and industry misfits in a quest to beat China at EVs.

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 ...

A piece of manufacturing history is on display inside the Detroit Historical Museum. The museum showcases an innovation that revolutionized the production of cars and numerous other products. In 1913, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You have to consider yourself lucky if your path continually crosses that of man who would become pope. South Side resident Adarthus Harper instantly remembered a man he knew as ...

A secret project has been in the works inside the Ford assembly plant in South Deering. We knew a car was being built for a VIP, we just didn’t know which car and who it was going to," said Quality ...

Ford assembly line workers knew an Explorer SUV was going to a VIP. It's now at the Vatican.Ford Workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant knew a three-row Explorer rolling through the factory was ...

Ford CEO Jim Farley recently delivered a made-in-Chicago “popemobile” to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, giving the made-in-Chicago pontiff a taste of home with a custom 2026 Ford Explorer Platinum. The ...