An official article by Ford that illustrates the new digital process adopted for testing new body paint colors, which reduces development time and costs and enables to offer a wider color choice.

At the Tokyo Motr Show Nissan has introduced its Around View Monitor technology, which offers the driver a bird’s eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings in real-time.

This video presents a new interface for virtual sculpting using a physical proxy for the creation and manipulation of conceptual 3D geometric models.

As an industry first, DaimlerChrysler is developing a special simulation tool capable of determining how a vehicle body can be painted as efficiently as possible or how an existing painting process can be improved.

At the EVS22 Exhibition Nissan is displaying its full range of electric vehicle capabilities, led by the X-TRAIL FCV 2005.

Presented in 2005 by Lotus Engineering and adopted on the APX Concept, VVA (Versatile Vehicle Architecture) is a vehicle aluminum understructure aimed at the production of niche vehicles.

Ford Motor Company is studying an advanced adaptive lighting system which will offer significant enhancements in nighttime driving safety. It is adopted on three concept cars presented at the 2006 Detroit Show.

Mazda Motor Corporation has developed a new electrodeposition basecoat, known as e-coating that substantially reduces both volatile organic compounds (VOC) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.