Vehicle Tech
Best of 2017: Polycarbonate windows for vehicle lightweighting
Already used in a handful of niche applications, automakers continue experimenting with lightweight plastics to replace glass in vehicles.
Category: Materials
Industry
Magna adds high-pressure aluminum casting to Alabama plant
Facility upgrade will supply lightweight components to Nissan, Mercedes, Volkswagen.
Industry
Arconic separates Alcoa aluminum, value-added businesses
Arconic launches as standalone company in multi-materials innovation, precision engineering and advanced manufacturing.
Manufacturing
Finalists for Altair Enlighten award named
Vehicles from Cadillac, Ford, BMW competing for lightweighting recognition.
Manufacturing
Ford recycles 30,000 truck bodies per month from stamping scrap
Closed-loop aluminum recycling system lowers energy use, costs for automaker.
Vehicle Tech
Bugatti unveils Chiron supercar in Geneva
1,500hp, 8L engine powers lightweight vehicle to 261mph.
Engineering
Metal hardening technique for custom blanks
Researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, have developed a metal treating technology to create sheet metal blanks with varying thickness and hardness.
Industry
Novelis launches structural aluminum line
Advanz 7000 line could underpin frames, safety cages in future vehicles.
Industry
Linamar, GF Automotive partner, form joint venture
Companies to develop integrated casting, machining systems for lightweight metals.
Manufacturing
Toyota develops fuel cell research system
Automaker can monitor coarsening of platinum systems.
Industry
Magna-Ford lightweight concept shaves fuel use 16%
Lightweighting test bed uses aluminum, steel, carbon fiber, other materials.