Michelin Announces 2013 Michelin Challenge Design™ Winners

Michelin today announced the winners of the 2013 Michelin Challenge Design™, a worldwide automotive design competition that encourages better mobility solutions through innovation and advanced technology. More...

Michelin Challenge Design Announces 2014 Theme

Driven/Undriven: The Duality of Tomorrow’s Automobiles DETROIT (Jan. 15, 2013) —Michelin today announced the theme for its 2014 Michelin Challenge Design™ competition; Driven/Undriven: The Duality of Tomorrow’s Automobiles. For the challenge, participants are asked to explore the human connection to a vehicle and address the potential of autonomous motoring, as it opens new possibilities in [...] More...

Student Designers Aim to Reinvent the Wheel

Paul A. Eisenstein @ The Detroit Bureau: Short of having four wheels, tomorrow’s automobiles may look very different from those of today as automakers adapt to a variety of challenges like fuel economyand safety regulations, overcrowded highways and other concerns. More...

Detroit Designs the Future

Wes Raynal @ Autoweek: It's inspiring, to me at least, when I think of all the young people toiling away there, excited about cars and car design. I love that they are thinking hard about the industry's future and working hard to make sure we actually have one. More...

Michelin Design Contest Inspires Young Minds

Wes Raynal @ Autoweek: The competition works like this: CCS and Michelin get together to develop a theme, then CCS picks which transportation design class will work on the project. The idea, Michelin says, is to celebrate and promote the kind of vehicle design that highlights original thinking and innovation. More...

Michelin Announces 2013 Michelin Challenge Design™ Finalists

Michelin today announced the finalists of the 2013Michelin Challenge Design™, its annual global vehicle design competition that brings forward and displays significant design work that would normally not have an opportunity to be displayed. More...

Michelin Challenge Design Hosts the 9th Annual APA Designers Panel [Video]

Video: Tune in for this engaging panel discussion on how today's frontline designers are creating vehicles that are lighter and more efficient the ever before. More...

Highcroft Racing: Project 56

Video: Ben Bowlby Discusses the Nissan DeltaWing - a race platform that is truly HALF! More...

Mission: Cut weight, but keep the look exciting

Mark Phelan @ The Detroit Free Press: "This is about more than just styling," said Jim Hall, managing director of 2953 Analytics and moderator of the panel discussion at the Automotive Press Association this week. "It requires an understanding of where the market is going and what technologies are available or near. More...

Michelin Challenge Design Announces 2013 Theme

For the 2013 Michelin Challenge Design, participants are asked to explore lightweight vehicle development by designing a family vehicle. The vehicle must meet consumer demands for safety and comfort, be usable on the current road infrastructure and be feasibly produced using materials, powertrain solutions or manufacturing solutions that are in use today or in development for use in the foreseeable future. More...