Exploring the: Automotive Materials Zone
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- Cadillac CTS Lightens Up with Aluminum
- The 2014 Cadillac CTS is using a whole lot of aluminum for various components, visible and structural.
Article Published: 5/31/2013
- More Obvious A8 Aluminum
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Article Published: 5/31/2013
- Inside Story: Johnson Controls & Developing Seating
- Tom Gould talks about lifecycle analysis, engineers are important for designers, and why materials need to be authentic in interiors.
Article Published: 4/22/2013
- Steel Strikes Back: Again
- The steel industry is working on new material grades and processes in order to keep its position as the material of choice in the auto industry.
Article Published: 4/22/2013
- DuPont’s Approach to Bio-based Plastics
- Addressing the demands of OEMs for more sustainable materials and recognizing the changes in the cost and availability of petroleum, DuPont is working to develop bio-based plastics that are, in some cases, even better than their traditional alternat...
Article Published: 3/1/2013
- 2014 Acura RLX and the Realization of Takaburi
- Here are some of the engineering factors that went into creating Acura’s new sedan, a car developed to compete with the best in the world.
Article Published: 3/1/2013
- Aluminum Wheels for Trucks Are Green, Study Says
- Alcoa has released a peer-reviewed, life-cycle assessment (LCA) of the use of forged aluminum wheels in place of steel wheels that finds that by replacing the steel wheels on an 18-wheel truck to aluminum, 16.3 metric tons of carbon emissions are re...
Article Published: 2/4/2013
- Coating & Machining for Better Bores
- Heller is working on productionizing what it calls “CBC”—Cylinder Bore Coating.
Article Published: 11/30/2012
- Elements of the Jaguar F-TYPE
- The Jaguar F-TYPE, a two-seat convertible, is scheduled to be available in the U.S. market in the summer of 2013.
Article Published: 11/30/2012
- GM Improves Aluminum Welding
- A new electrode tip design allows welding of sheet, castings and extrusions.
Article Published: 11/30/2012