The award-winning 2017 Chevrolet Bolt features a generous use of aluminum in its hood, fenders, doors and liftgate. Lightweighting, coupled with a single, high-capacity electric motor and other innovations, give the Bolt EV its EPA-estimated range of 238-miles.
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2021 Ford F-150 Wins Motor1 Star Award For Best Truck: https://www.motor1.com/features/542837/motor1-star-award-truck-ford-f150/ via @Motor1com
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
