Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a little later—even before he could read—just to look at ...

Modern automotive factories are marvels of automation, with large industrial robots moving heavy parts into position and welding body shells together. Delicate operations with small, non-rigid parts have been a challenge, so activities such as the assembly ...

When I traveled to Ellabell, Ga., in May to report on Hyundai Motor Group’s hyperefficient Metaplant—a US $12.6 billion boost to U.S.-based manufacturing of EVs and batteries—the company’s timing appeared solid. At this temple of leading-edge ...

The NASCAR season kicked off this year with a race at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium, which had not seen a NASCAR Cup Series race since 1971. While the parking lot paddock behind the fieldhouse hearkened back to those early days of stock car racing, some ...

If you’ve ever walked into a dealership and felt like the salesperson was a robot programmed to get as much money from you as possible, well, you’re not wrong. But now, the Chinese automaker Chery wants to take it to the next level, by literally ...

Hyundai aims to mass-produce as many as 30,000 robots annually at a new facility in the US, part of a broader initiative to meld artificial intelligence with robotics.