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How Steel Properties Influence the Roll Forming Process
Optimizing the use of roll forming requires understanding how the sheet metal behaves through the process. Making a bend in a roll-formed part occurs only when forming forces exceed the metal’s yield strength, causing plastic deformation to occur. Higher-strength sheet metals increase forming force requirements, leading to the need to have larger shaft diameters in […]
Resistance Spot Welding AHSS to Magnesium
There is an increased need to join magnesium alloys to high-strength steels to create multi-material lightweight body structures for fuel-efficient vehicles. These lightweight vehicle structures are essential for improving the fuel economy of internal combustion engine automobiles and increasing the driving range of electric vehicles by offsetting the weight of power systems. We continue to […]
Student Engineers to Adapt SEM2 from People Mover to Commercial Delivery Vehicle
WorldAutoSteel advances steel’s advantages in the automotive and future mobility industries. We’re committed to engaging with future engineers at post-secondary education organizations around the globe. Our most recent engineering project, Steel E-Motive, was created to help the industry meet the challenges of future mobility and Level-5 autonomous vehicles and eventually reach net zero emissions targets. […]
Meeting the Engineering Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles: The Steel E-Motive Student Engagement
For the Steel E-Motive project, we engaged Ricardo plc to collaborate with our technical directors to develop a Level 5 Autonomous Vehicle. The project uncovered a few challenges that were solved by student engineering teams through Senior Capstone Projects. The Side Door and Door Hinges project was created at Michigan Technological University by the students […]
Steel – The Sustainable Option for Future Mobility
Steel E-Motive shows how autonomous, steel-based, ride sharing vehicles used within a green grid can significantly reduce CO2 emissions For decades, steel has been the traditional material of choice for automotive applications and it now can be the sustainable option for future mobility. This is best demonstrated by WorldAutoSteel’s Steel E-Motive programme, which has developed […]
WorldAutoSteel Showcases Steel E-Motive: Fully Engineered Concepts Demonstrating Pathway to Net Zero for Ride Sharing Vehicles
World’s First Steel Body-in-White concept for autonomous MaaS vehicle applications delivers key sustainability, performance targets Traverse City, Mich., August 1, 2023 – Results of a global steel industry initiative aimed at developing the world’s first fully autonomous, electric vehicle body structure concept for ride sharing were unveiled today, highlighting key sustainability and performance achievements. The […]
Intelligent vehicle lightweighting will be a critical consideration for OEMs on the road to 2035
On the road to 2035 and beyond, OEMs will come under increasing pressure to decarbonize their portfolio across the full product lifecycle. Lightweighting has long been used as a method of improving vehicle efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of a vehicle with a focus on reducing emissions attributed to the use phase. But how […]
An innovative, affordable, and easy-to-manufacture future vehicle for Mobility as a Service
It takes some imagination to envision a future with a radically different transport system, where people travel in autonomous vehicles in a ride-hailing model. But ride-sharing is an important component in the plan to reduce global transport emissions. Developing affordable options, both to the customer and the service provider will affect its uptake. That is […]
Steel E-Motive Provides a Look at its Battery Packaging
This month’s Steel E-Motive reveals its first-of-its-kind battery packaging. This very sleek and efficient design uses the Advanced High-Strength Steel flat floor of the vehicle as the battery packaging’s top cover to provide the all-important sealing. The EV battery packaging is unique. Instead of battery modules mounted to the bottom cover plate, as in conventional […]