Ford announced it is now recycling almost 2,300kg of its modeling clay each year. Despite digital design technology, the automaker still builds full-size clay models of its vehicles. "We are ...

The automotive industry moves fast. It wasn't all that long ago that diesel was being peddled as the next big thing. Then, just a few short years ago, deadlines were being set for the demise of ...

Last year I attended the Unity AutoTech Summit, the single most interesting automotive event I've experienced in the past decade or two. No, it wasn't an auto show; those manifestations of the ...

WARREN, Mich. -- Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's oldest materials: ...

Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's oldest materials: clay. Every ...

Digital imaging, virtual reality and 3D modeling have improved in the past decade but most designers and decision-makers are still unprepared to approve new designs without physical models. It's ...

While digital innovations have sped up processes throughout the automotive manufacturing cycle, some things are better when done the old-school way. Case in point: clay modeling. CAD drawings are ...

The Jaguar I-Pace was unveiled a few months back on a backdrop of excitement for the new model, coming from both media and the industry as a whole. The Tesla contender was supposed to be a hit among ...

Tesla is scheduled to show us prototype designs of its much-anticipated mass-market vehicle, the Model 3, in early 2016. All we know at this point is that it will most likely be two types of vehicle, ...

It's not every day that Mercedes-Benz intentionally teases a future model via a short marketing video about design and concept cars, but this time it may have gone a little bit overboard. Showcasing a ...