3D MachineBuilder from Vention is a cloud-based design and build system that could potentially speed the development time of custom industrial equipment and prototyping by five times.

Here are 14 engineers who are responsible for some of the auto industry’s most innovative work, from batteries and fuel cells to autonomous cars and carbon composites.

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The move to digital manufacturing involves more than robots and maintenance. In means revamping traditional processes, from design through production.