An article in Road and Track discusses technologies and materials being adopted in new vehicles. Chief among these advanced materials is aluminum, which is used in key crumple zones to help dissipate crash forces during a crash. The article highlights Cadillac’s CT6, “For example, the new Cadillac CTS uses lightweight aluminum ‘crush cans’ up front to soak up a lot of energy before an impact reaches the passengers.”
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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
