Manufacturing

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took his Cybertruck production candidate for a spin at the company's gigafactory in Texas this week as the automaker gets ready to take on rivals GM and Ford.

Assembly of Apple's iPhone 15 has reportedly been kicked off in India by major manufacturer Foxconn, according to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg News.

The U.S. manufacturing sector is benefitting from firms reshoring their operations from overseas back to the U.S. as they try to mitigate vulnerabilities in their supply chains.

An Ohio steel conglomerate's plan threatens tens of thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs and would increase the price of canned goods across the country.

Sales of Ford vehicles were 5.9% higher this July than last amid rising demand for hybrids and pickups, while electric vehicle sales fell 18%, the automaker said Wednesday.

Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is up after a six-week break in production to expand and retool the plant for increased manufacturing capacity of the F-150 Lightning.

The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) Enforcement Division is reviewing the data privacy practices of connected vehicle (CV) manufacturers and related CV technologies.

Employers struggle to meet demands for skilled employees as job openings increase across manufacturing. Many of those jobs were cut in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Volkswagen announced on Wednesday a duo of collaborations with Chinese companies to bolster the automaker’s presence in the country, while developing two new EV models.

Boeing is increasing production of its popular 737 Max jet as travelers return to the skies and carriers respond by growing their fleets, the plane-maker said.

Craftsman's effort to create a highly-automated factory for tool production in Fort Worth, Texas, came to an end earlier this year when the facility was shutdown.

Executives from several leading chipmakers met with Biden administration officials at the White House as the U.S. weighs new restrictions on semiconductor exports to China.

Ford is lowering the price of its F-150 Lightning as plant capacity picks up, the cost of raw materials for batteries falls, and internal efforts are employed to scale production.

Tesla announced that its first electric Cybertruck was produced at its Gigafactory manufacturing hub in Austin, Texas, after years of delays in the electric truck's production.

South Korean automaker Kia will spend $200 million on its West Point, Georgia, facility to begin production of an electric-powered SUV, the company said Wednesday.

Boeing's delivery totals for June are its best since March, when the company handed over 64 jets to customers. However, it lags behind European rival Airbus.

Apple has cut its production forecast for its mixed reality headset the Vision Pro after parts from a key supplier fail to meet Apple's quality goals.

Altana Technologies developed an AI-informed supply chain mapping system used by Customs and Border Protection and a number of firms to root out Uyghur forced labor from supply chains.

Netherlands-based Stellantis is jumping into the EV charging industry with the launch of Free2move, providing infrastructure at home or work, the company announced on Tuesday.

Ford will begin laying off workers this week in the U.S. and Canada as part of the Detroit-based automaker's growth plan that was introduced in 2021.