Every aluminum-bodied vehicle crash tested by federal regulators earned a 5-star safety rating.
The U.S. military trusts high-strength aluminum in combat vehicles like the Humvee.
Aluminum offers the smallest total carbon footprint among all competing materials.
Reducing weight with aluminum can increase fuel economy and electric vehicle driving range.
Aluminum can help vehicles accelerate faster, brake in shorter distances and handle better.
Using aluminum to reduce weight can be a catalyst for cost savings throughout the entire vehicle.
Jim Lentz, CEO of Toyota Motor North America, recently said the automaker believes replacing steel bodies with lighter aluminum will be key in reaching stricter fuel economy standards. The 2018 Camry adopted an aluminum hood to decrease weight.
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A new study suggests that reducing the average weight of all vehicles on the road may actually result in fewer fatalities as a result of accidents. Antonio Bento, an environmental expert and one of the study’s co-authors, said “.. if nothing else, from a safety reason, you have a reason to move forward with the [federal fuel economy] standards.”
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Cars are getting faster thanks to performance-enhancing technologies. Since the 1970s, lightweighting with materials like aluminum helped cars and trucks become faster and more powerful while remaining efficient. One example is the Chevrolet Camaro, which dropped almost 600 pounds from 1976 to today and now cranks out more than 600 horsepower.
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