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Automakers Use AHSS to Make Better Cars – an article by GN Focus
Ahead of their times: Steel industry projects FutureSteelVehicle, ULSAB-AVC, ULSAB and ULSAC demonstrated advanced steel applications for lightweight, safe, affordable and environmentally sound automotive structures. Their engineering reports are still being downloaded today by engineers worldwide–there’s still so much to be gleaned from the steel and steel technologies demonstrated by these projects. GN Focus, a […]
WorldAutoSteel Truck and SUV Case Studies Stress Need for Life Cycle Mindset in Vehicle Emissions Regulations
Light Duty Truck and SUV Material Studies Show Steel Lighter on the Environment than Aluminum Over Total Vehicle Life DETROIT, Nov. 19, 2014 – WorldAutoSteel released findings today of two new case studies that examine the effect that various automotive materials can have on total life cycle Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for Light Duty Truck […]
New Indicator Tests the Environmental Impacts of Material and Engine Choices
In the effort to make vehicles lighter and more efficient, it’s important to look at the whole life cycle of the vehicle, from the moment raw materials are mined to manufacturing and driving it on the road, to the day it is recycled in the scrap yard. The Vehicle Emissions Impact Indicator lets you have […]
Life Cycle Assessment Sees The Big Picture [VIDEO]
Without a life cycle assessment to guide the design process, decisions will be made that could result in unintended consequences: a complete shift of the emissions problem to the manufacturing of the vehicle, with no impact or even an increase in total lifetime emissions reduction. This short video tells you why life cycle assessment is […]
[VIDEO] Automotive Steel is Just as Light and Stronger than Aluminium
Recently Jody Shaw, U. S. Steel Corporation, a member of WorldAutoSteel, conducted an interview discussing a new lightweight vehicle control arm for suspensions. WorldAutoSteel and its members are continually working to address the needs of its automotive customers for lighter, stronger, affordable components that bring high quality performance to vehicles. Listen to what makes lightweight […]
WORLDSTEEL PROMOTES GREEN MANUFACTURING IN CHINA
Guangzhou, 21 November 2013 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) today co-hosted with the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Automotive Industry Committee (CCPIT-Auto) a major one day conference on “Green Manufacturing, the Future of Steel and Automotive”. Held at the Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel, the […]
New Study Highlights the Need for a Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Vehicle Emissions Regulation
BRUSSELS, 12 July 2013 – A new study commissioned by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) says that with increasing efficiencies of powertrains and fuels that contribute to lower emissions during the driving phase of the car, the use of tailpipe CO2e emissions will become “almost irrelevant in terms of focusing on true carbon profiles” […]
Industry Today Article Provides an Update on Steel vs Aluminum
INDUSTRY TODAY, JUNE 2013 – Pound for Pound – The boundless heavyweight fight continues between steel and aluminum for supreme lightweight bragging rights for automotive body structures. After decades of aluminum claiming that it is No. 1, recent studies have steel industrialists believing they may have the championing knockout punch. (used by permission) Read the […]
STEEL INDUSTRY CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO SUPPORT A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH TO EU VEHICLE EMISSIONS AS OF 2020
BRUSSELS, 22 May 2013 – As negotiations on the EU review of the CO2 emissions from cars Regulation kick off today, the steel industry calls upon the Council to uphold Parliament’s amendment acknowledging the importance of a Life Cycle Assessment in emissions legislation after 2020. Read more >>