In the Center for Automotive Research’s latest white paper, Rebuilding North American Tooling: Risk, Resiliency, and a New Economic Model, we examine a foundational part of the automotive manufacturing ecosystem that is increasingly becoming a strategic concern....
Economic Contribution of the U.S. Automotive Industry An Economic Contribution Analysis of Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing in the United States Although it is well established that the automotive industry contributes...
Affordability: The Twenty-Five Thousand Dollar Electric Vehicle White Paper A topic on the minds of consumers and automotive industry members alike relates to vehicle affordability. CAR explores this issue in detail in a series of round table discussions with experts...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles, Phase 3 was tasked by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with providing estimates...
Vehicle mass reduction or “lightweighting” has been deemed very important by automakers because of many benefits including performance and fuel economy. The arrival of automated, connected, electrified, and shared (ACES) technology will make lightweighting more...
Due to the need to reduce overall vehicle mass, vehicle manufacturers are turning to a multi-material approach to vehicle construction more extensively than has been historically the case. However, because of the differences in the chemical and physical properties of...
This report forecasts materials and manufacturing trends based on the CAR team’s research findings as well as input from subject matter experts. The results show that several factors can affect the industry’s progress on material technology in the coming decades,...
The automotive industry is going through an unprecedented change with advancements in innovative technologies and changing consumer preferences. In the future, it is likely that city transportation will be dominated by automated, connected, electric, and shared (ACES)...
