aluminum
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Ford uses a "closed-loop" recycling system that takes scrap material from its Dearborn Stamping Plant.
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Wheels Combine Carbon, Aluminum For Strength, Lighter Weight
Two German companies plan to market carbon-aluminum hybrid wheels.
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Aluminum-Body 2015 Ford F-150 Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rating For Crash Safety
Cutting weight can be one of the most effective tactics to increase fuel economy, but it doesn't necessarily come cheap. The 2015 Ford F-150 pickup, with its aluminum body and bed mounted on a conventional steel frame, represents a huge gamble by Ford on its highest-volume vehicle line. The company...
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Ford Says Lightweight Aluminum For Trucks Only: No Cars Coming
A Ford executive says there are better ways than aluminum bodywork to improve car fuel efficiency.
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Tesla Model S Aluminum Body: Why Repair Costs Are Higher
As more and more Tesla Model S electric sport sedans hit the road—50,000-plus at last count—some of their drivers are naturally starting to have accidents. They are bumping into other cars, colliding with deer, scraping telephone poles, and backing up into poles and trees. Their cars...
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Steel Vs Aluminum: Which Wins For Fuel Efficiency AND Cost?
An influx of high-strength steel could take away aluminum's weight advantage, the steel industry hopes.
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The 2017 Jaguar XE diesel will be the automaker's most fuel-efficient production car ever.
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2016 Ford Super Duty Pickups To Adopt Aluminum Bodies Too
Only now are selected media getting a chance to spend time with the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck, which has a cab and pickup bed made of aluminum. And it will be a couple of months yet before it appears in showrooms. But Ford is looking ahead. DON'T MISS: 2015 Ford F-150 SFE: Highest Gas...
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Main Path To Better Fuel Efficiency: Lighter Vehicles, Say Automakers
There are many routes to improving fuel efficiency in modern cars, but one route in particular seems to be resonating with automakers, automotive engineers and designers: Shedding weight. A survey of 900 automotive engineers and designers conducted by Wards Auto and sponsored by DuPont showed that...
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Next Lincoln Navigator Likely To Get Aluminum Body For MPG Gains
The Ford F-150 pickup might be one of America's best-selling vehicles, but the move to build the 2015 model from aluminum has required significant investment from Ford. To ensure that investment is worth it, the company is likely to use aluminum in several other vehicles to spread the development...
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Upcoming Jaguar XE Sedan: Mostly Aluminum For Fuel Efficiency With Luxury
Aluminum construction and Ingenium engines will boost the 2016 Jaguar XE's efficiency.
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BMW i3, i8 Electric-Car Tech To Let 2016 BMW 7-Series Shed 400 Pounds
BMW is aiming for a significant weight-reduction with its next-generation 7-Series luxury sedan. To do this, BMW will dip into lessons learned from its i3 electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid sports car programs, and use a selection of advanced and lightweight materials to slim down its flagship...
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Various details have already been released about the radical new 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck, the first-ever to use an all-aluminum body to reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency. Now another piece of information has leaked out: Ford will offer an F-150 SFE model, a special option package that boosts fuel economy ratings slightly higher than regular models with the same engine. DON'T MISS: 2015 Ford F-150 Aluminum Body, Smaller Engines: Details Emerge The new SFE package option was reported by industry trade journal Automotive News [subscription required], based on a dealer ordering guide...
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Aluminum-Bodied 2015 Ford F-150 To Cost More Than Steel Model It Replaces
The 2015 Ford F-150 will cost $395 to $3,615 more than the model it replaces.
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2017 Jaguar XE: Compact Sedan Built From Aluminum To Boost MPG
In recent years we've finally seen a reversal of the trend towards heavier cars, but Jaguar will take that a step further when it launches the 2016 XE sedan. Long-awaited replacement for the unloved X-Type, the XE's body structure is 75 percent aluminum, the highest of any in its class. READ: Tesla...
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Aluminum-Bodied 2015 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck: Buyers Intrigued, Report Says
A new study finds customers are interested in Ford's new aluminum-bodied truck.
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Future Pickup Trucks: 7 Out Of 10 Could Be Aluminum By 2025 (Says Aluminum-Industry Study)
A study commissioned by the aluminum industry claims the material will be used more in future cars and trucks.
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Ford Fusion Lightweight Concept: How To Make A Car 25 Percent Lighter
Light weight will soon be big business at Ford. The company's F-150 truck, going aluminum for the first time with the 2015 model, sheds 700 lbs over its predecessor, thanks to its new construction. Ford sells over half a million F-Series every year--big business indeed. This technology and other...
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Ford will educate customers, dealers, and repair shops on the the ins and outs of aluminum-bodied 2015 F-150.
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Aluminum Vehicles Save More Energy Than It Takes To Build Them
So, you've done the right thing: You've decided your next car will be considerably more fuel-efficient than the one you drive now. That's great news. But, have you considered how it's built--and more to the point, what it's built out of? A new peer-reviewed paper from the Oak Ridge National...
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GM Pickups To Have Aluminum Bodies Too, But Four Years Behind Ford
It's long been known that aluminum is an effective way of reducing the weight of vehicles, but Ford's adoption of the metal for its 2015 F-150 truck has finally spurred others into action in the pickup class too. General Motors has recently secured contracts with aluminum suppliers Alcoa and...
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2015 Ford F-150 Aluminum Pickup Body Points Toward Fuel-Economy Gains
Making a large, heavy vehicle like a pickup truck economical isn't the easiest of tasks. You can drop in a more efficient engine, of course. But it'll struggle against poor aerodynamics and ample weight. Ford has done both the first and the third of these, the latter handled by a new aluminum...
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2015 Ford F-150 Aluminum Body, Smaller Engines: Details Emerge
The 2015 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck won't be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show until tomorrow morning, but some details of its innovations to boost gas mileage have emerged already. Ford apparently gave exclusive details to The New York Times, which reports that the new truck will use an...
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GM’s Aluminum Welding Process Means Lighter Cars, Better Gas Mileage
As long as the auto industry has existed, various automated and non-automated processes have been developed to bond two or more pieces of metal together through the art of welding. Normally, how a car is welded together would be of little interest to the average car buyer. However, improvements in...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield