Resistance spot welding research by Paul Briskham at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group in conjunction with Douglas Boomer of Innoval Technology and engineers from Jaguar and Land ...

Warren — General Motors Co. believes it is the first automaker to weld steel to aluminum through resistance spot welding, a technique it spent some two years developing and expects will save weight ...

General Motors just announced a new welding process it already implements in some cars that allows for increased use of the lightweight material, ultimately offering improved fuel economy. Using a ...

Viknesh Vijayenthiran February 18, 2013 Comment Now! Acura engineers have come up with a new welding technique that allows them to join ordinary steel components with lightweight aluminum pieces in a ...

The 2016 Cadillac CT6 is the first fruit of General Motors’ labors to perfect the idea of spot welding between aluminum and steel. The process eliminates the need for rivets between the different ...

Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts. The trend toward vehicle light-weighting ...

In marketing class, the professors like to talk about the “first-mover effect,” where being first may have more equity than being best. Indeed, Ford’s PR department is milking its new range of ...

After years of development and testing, engineers at GM are on the verge of putting a couple parts for the Cadillac CT6 sedan into production that are notable because they require welding steel to ...

The Cadillac CT6 at the 2015 New York International Auto Show. (Image courtesy of Auto Week.) In manufacturing engineering, the search for the “best way” to fasten components into subassemblies is a ...

Resistance spot welding research by engineers at the University of Warwick, Innoval Technology, Jaguar and Land Rover has achieved a landmark result of 50,000 high quality welds on automotive-grade ...