Engineering Cheat Sheet
Learn How Cars Are Actually Engineered
Automotive engineering explained through real-world examples, engineering diagrams, calculations, and lessons from OEM vehicle development.
Automotive Engineering · Chassis · Structures · Vehicle Integration · Manufacturing · Electrical & EV Systems
What Do You Want to Learn?
Explore the major systems and disciplines engineers use to develop a vehicle.
Understand how the major systems of a vehicle work together.
Brakes, suspension, steering, tires, and vehicle dynamics.
Body-in-white, crashworthiness, materials, joining, and structural design.
Learn how engineers fit thousands of components into a limited vehicle package.
Vehicle electrical architectures, motors, batteries, controls, and electrification.
Learn how vehicles are stamped, welded, assembled, validated, and designed for manufacturing.
New to Automotive Engineering? Start Here.
Three foundational guides, in the order most students find useful.
What Is Automotive Engineering?
The core disciplines, career paths, and what the job actually involves.
Powertrain, chassis, electrical, and safety systems, and how they fit together.
The Automotive Engineer’s Handbook
Skills, tools, and what it takes to succeed as a working automotive engineer.
How Does a Car Go From an Idea to Production?
A simplified view of the vehicle-development process.
Get the real story, straight from engineers who live it.
Twice a month, hear directly from working automotive engineers — their path, their projects, and the questions students never get straight answers to.