car manufacturing
Building motor vehicles
Car manufacturing is the industrial process of producing automobiles, from design and component fabrication through assembly.
The term encompasses everything from stamping body panels to installing engines and electronics.
Car manufacturing has shifted significantly toward automation and robotics.
The industry is often simply called auto manufacturing or automaking.
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- automationSelf-operating system design
- suspension systemsMechanisms absorbing vehicle jolts
- seat beltsVehicle passenger restraints
- dashboard displayVehicle information panel
stamping · engine block · aluminum · robotics · welding · inventory management · hybrid technology · electric vehicle · prototype · test drive · quality assurance · ergonomics · emissions reduction · steel alloys · smart factories · painting · carbon fiber · recycling programs
- automotivecars, car, trucks, truck, buses
- Japanese businessToyota, Honda, Sony, Nissan, Mitsubishi
- Midlands HistoryBirmingham, Norman Conquest, Coventry, Roman occupation, Leicester
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
- MichiganDetroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
car manufacturingauto maintenance
Routine vehicle care
car sales · auto dealership · car rental · auto detailing · vehicle inspection
car manufacturingcoachbuilding
Custom vehicle body fabrication