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.
Aluminum use in vehicle design is crucial to reducing the overall carbon footprint of a vehicle life cycle. Aluminum Association member company Aleris shares insight into aluminum’s sustainability in this feature.
“Aluminium remains the fastest growing automotive material over competing materials and is entering its most unprecedented growth phase since we’ve been tracking the shifting mix of automotive materials,” said Abey Abraham, Ducker Worldwide. Read more about aluminum’s current and future growth in this feature by Automotive Manufacturing Solutions.
The Trump Administration recently announced a number of changes to the United States’s steel and aluminum tariff policy. Read more about the Aluminum Association’s stance on aluminum tariffs here.
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