The AI-designed car is taking shape

Source: The Verge

Summary

The auto design world is full of advanced 3D visualization tools and VR sculpting platforms, but your average new car still enters the world as a sketch. Those sketches traditionally undergo endless iteration and refinement from all angles before being turned into 3D models by hand—some die in the digital world, while others are sculpted into clay to better visualize lines and profiles. This is just the beginning of a design and development process that often takes a half‑decade or more, meaning many new cars hitting dealerships this summer were first sketched in 2020 or 2021, with initiatives launched when alternative‑fuel incentives were widespread.

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