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Life Cycle Assessment Regulations Can Benefit Automotive Sector
WorldAutoSteel to Raise Awareness of Value of LCA throughout October 2017 During the month of October 2017, the automotive arm of the World Steel Association, WorldAutoSteel, will help to educate and inform decision-makers about the benefits of using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to measure the environmental impact of automobiles. The LCA approach assesses a product’s […]
Benchmarking Study Reveals Steel Lightweighting Opportunities
BRUSSELS, 28 JUNE 2017 – Findings in an update to an Auto Mass Benchmarking study sponsored by WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association, continue to be positive for steel lightweighting. The study, Automotive Mass Benchmarking 2017, provides automakers with a new, more accurate way to benchmark the mass of vehicles. By way […]
Design Advisor: WorldAutoSteel’s New Online Workshop
Available at steeluniversity.org today! Ambitious automotive designers bent on leaving a lasting mark in vehicle design history will want to take full advantage of an enabling approach now being offered by WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association. The enabler is an online course of study offered by WorldAutoSteel through steeluniversity.org. The course […]
Steel in cars – lighter than you think!
In contrast to other lightweight materials steel is the less expensive and more ecological solution for automotive manufacturing. From the several hundred automotive steel grades on the market, there is a suitable alloy with the required properties for nearly every component. This video, produced by the German Steel Federation (WV Stahl) tells the story.
[VIDEO] The Future Begins with Steel
The German Federation (Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl im Stahl-Zentrum), in which our German members participate, produced a video (in German) that promotes steel’s effectiveness in multiple industries, called “An insightful day – future begins with steel”. For automotive, they used the actual models, inside and out, of FutureSteelVehicle as an example for steel’s vehicle lightweighting and performance potential. Watch to […]
Chevrolet Demonstrates Competitive Advantage of Silverado’s Roll-Formed, High-Strength Steel Bed
Lab tests and field demonstrations show Silverado’s roll-formed, high-strength steel bed outperforms the competitor’s stamped aluminum bed, as shown in new videos released by Chevrolet. It made our day.
20 Years of Automotive Steel Contributions
Reducing vehicle weight was and is a serious challenge among automakers to reduce their product’s environmental footprint by reducing their energy consumption. Vehicle weight reduction–that is, making the vehicle more structurally efficient—is one critical factor for meeting environmental performance requirements. Additionally, automakers have the extra challenge to achieve this structurally efficient weight reduction while also […]
China’s HBIS Joins WorldAutoSteel
BRUSSELS, 8 February 2016 – We are pleased to announce that the He Steel Group Co.,Ltd (HBIS), headquartered in Hebei, China, has joined WorldAutoSteel’s membership. HBIS, formed from the combination of former Tangsteel Group Ltd and Hansteel Group Ltd on June 30, 2008, is a major steel producer in China. HBIS joined WorldAutoSteel officially as of 1 January […]
Comparing Total Life Cycle Assessment of Efficient Vehicle Designs
This Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) follows up on the findings of the WorldAutoSteel study, A New Paradigm for Automotive Mass Benchmarking, which explored the current production vehicle data provided in the A2Mac1 teardown database. Using statistical benchmarking regression models, the initial study identified those components that were lighter than others of the same size and […]