Tom Chackalackal takes over global manufacturing engineering at Ford Tom Scaria Chackalackal has been promoted at Ford to executive director global manufacturing engineering. In his new role, he is to strengthen technical excellence and align the manufacturing organisation with safety, quality, cost and capital efficiency. Timo Gilgen
Marelli and AWS automate SDV test case generation A new AI agent, built by Marelli and Amazon Web Services, automatically generates system test cases from engineering requirements, promising shorter validation cycles and stronger consistency across software-defined vehicle programmes. Ilkhan Ozsevim
Physics-aware AI embeds production constraints into design As automotive manufacturers face unprecedented pressure to compress development cycles, a new generation of AI tools is forcing a fundamental rethink of how production and design teams collaborate from the earliest stages Ilkhan Ozsevim
Nissan is using AI to support engineering teams in accelerating vehicle testing Nissan’s collaboration with Monolith AI is speeding up vehicle validation while keeping engineers firmly in the loop and is reshaping how the OEM approaches testing in an era of rising vehicle complexity and electrification. Nick Holt
VW-Rivian venture accelerates software ambitions A year into their joint venture, Volkswagen and Rivian have assembled a 1,500-strong engineering team working on next-generation vehicle architecture. Winter testing for reference vehicles begins next quarter as the partnership targets 30 million units. Ilkhan Ozsevim
