Traditional car parts are fabricated in machine shops and factories. Automakers employ hundreds of employees to create the parts for your cars, trucks, and SUV’s. In future years, we could see this change. Your car parts could come from a 3D printer in the future. Right now, car makers use 3D printers to print prototypes of their vehicles, but this technology could be revving up to become a primary maker of your auto’s parts.

It’s the age old problem. You park your car in the parking garage, but you can’t remember where. Was it orange 4A, or yellow 3B? And of course, you own a popular model vehicle, so they all start to look the same. There you go after your long flight, roaming the airport parking structure trying to remember where you parked. You are tired, and cranky, not to mention packing your luggage from floor to floor.

As long as there have been cars, trucks, SUV’s or any other thing that has four wheels and drives, there have been auto thieves. Car companies have come...

Automobiles have evolved a long way from your grandmother’s Buick of yesterday. Computers run many parts of your vehicle today. From electronic brakes,...