Aluminum Top Hats Can Make Cars Lighter & More Sustainable
According to foreign media reports, Alumobility, a non-profit organization focused on promoting the application of aluminum auto body panels, released the latest research results. Studies have shown that aluminum body-in-white top hats are significantly lighter than steel and meet automakers' performance standards.
The aluminum body and advanced high strength (AHSS) and ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS) Audi e-tron pure electric SUV body are compared at Automotive Circle's annual EuroCarBody conference. It was found that the weight of the body made of aluminum is reduced by 42%.
The latest research confirms that aluminium can make automakers strong and sustainable, which can replace steel. In addition, aluminium upper bodies can meet or even exceed automotive performance standards. However, the required packaging space is the same as steel. Therefore, car bodies made of aluminum can reduce weights, thus, improving fuel economy and reducing emissions for combustion engine vehicles. If the aluminium body is used for electric vehicles, it can also improve performance and continuation of the journey of the vehicle, and make the size of the battery smaller.
The study also confirmed that an aluminum upper body requires fewer components and joints than a steel upper body, helping to reduce assembly time and costs of the vehicle. Car bodies made of aluminum also have three advantages: performance attributes meeting or exceeding a wide range of loads, maintaining sheltering and having the latest molding and joining technologies.
Alumobility is found by founding members Constellium and Novelis in January 2021, which focuses on technology research to help automakers to use aluminum body panels to realize their vision of lighter, more efficient and more sustainable mobility.
The aluminum body and advanced high strength (AHSS) and ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS) Audi e-tron pure electric SUV body are compared at Automotive Circle's annual EuroCarBody conference. It was found that the weight of the body made of aluminum is reduced by 42%.
The latest research confirms that aluminium can make automakers strong and sustainable, which can replace steel. In addition, aluminium upper bodies can meet or even exceed automotive performance standards. However, the required packaging space is the same as steel. Therefore, car bodies made of aluminum can reduce weights, thus, improving fuel economy and reducing emissions for combustion engine vehicles. If the aluminium body is used for electric vehicles, it can also improve performance and continuation of the journey of the vehicle, and make the size of the battery smaller.
The study also confirmed that an aluminum upper body requires fewer components and joints than a steel upper body, helping to reduce assembly time and costs of the vehicle. Car bodies made of aluminum also have three advantages: performance attributes meeting or exceeding a wide range of loads, maintaining sheltering and having the latest molding and joining technologies.
Alumobility is found by founding members Constellium and Novelis in January 2021, which focuses on technology research to help automakers to use aluminum body panels to realize their vision of lighter, more efficient and more sustainable mobility.
