For the third year in a row, the WardsAuto and DuPont Automotive Trends Benchmark study found that aluminum is the most popular material being used by automotive engineers to meet rising federal fuel economy and emissions targets. Decreasing mass with multi-material solutions (which still includes advanced aluminum alloys in concert with other materials) is the second most favored approach.
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Why #aluminum? ATG member & Rio Tinto director of technical marketing @jerome_fourmann highlights the advantages of aluminum in EV battery enclosures, new opportunities and production innovations in his recent interview with @AMS_magazine linked here: https://bit.ly/3l8IZVl
Last week ATG Member @Constellium announced it will supply @Ford with infinitely recyclable #aluminum components for the #F150Lightning. More from @repairerdriven on this continuing partnership and the inherent advantages of aluminum in auto here: https://bit.ly/3oq2NFK
#ICYMI It’s @DriveElecEvents’s National Drive Electric Week! To celebrate, @AluminumNews’s Tom Dobbins discusses how @Ford encourages #EV adoption with the #aluminum bodied #F150Lighting in his recent blog post. Head to LinkedIn for more: https://bit.ly/3ER9Uwr #DriveElectric
