FutureSteelVehicle aims to develop AHSS steel body structures for advanced powertrain vehicles that reduce GHG emissions over the total vehicle life cycle

Steel Technology Assessment and Design Methodology Divulged for Seven Sub-Systems that reduce vehicle carbon footprint

Brussels, 30 June 2010 – WorldAutoSteel today releases interim report, FSV Steel Technology Assessment and Design Optimisation, detailing the development and optimisation of seven light weight, vehicle structural subs-systems that reduce the vehicle’s carbon footprint. The report documents the optimisation of multiple solutions for the rocker, B-pillar, roof, rear and front rails, front upper load path and battery tunnel load path members. Within this portfolio of solutions are applications that all vehicle manufacturers and segments will find relevant, each evaluated on the basis of cost versus weight and life cycle Greenhouse Gas GHG emissions.

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Lighter, Stronger, Greener Steel Bodies to Help Automakers Increase Efficiency at Lower Cost

Summary:
•    Phase 1 technology and component evaluations complete, four technical specification options were considered – FSV-1 (battery electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) and FSV-2 (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and fuel cell electric vehicle)
•    Phase 2 vehicle concepts, to be completed in 2010, will provide optimized steel designs that meet or exceed future environmental, fuel economy, safety and weight standards

Brussels, 31 August 2009 – As worldwide demands for affordable, safe and high efficiency vehicles surge, the global steel industry’s WorldAutoSteel body is launching the Phase 2 of its Future Steel Vehicle programme (FSV) aimed at helping automakers optimize new propulsion technologies that will soon enter showrooms.

The FSV Programme recently completed Phase 1 of its research and today releases its findings and plans for Phase 2.

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ETA's Accelerated Concept to Product (ACP) process sample design interpretations for FSV

DETROIT, December 18, 2009 - The Accelerated Concept to Product (ACP) process, marketed by Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. (ETA) was the winner of the 2nd Annual Society of Automotive Engineers Detroit Section / Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Vehicle Innovation Competition.

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WorldAutoSteel unveiled key findings today on the progress of FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) Phase 2, a global steel industry effort to develop advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) architectures for electrified vehicles that reduce life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Following is a summary of the interim results presented at North American automotive conference “Great Designs in Steel (GDIS),” convened by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI):

  • New benchmark in weight reduction achieved through Advanced High-Strength Steel optimised structures, enabling powertrain downsizing for affordable electrified vehicles.
  • Portfolio of innovative steel solutions that apply to full range of electrified or internal combustion engine vehicles.
  • New design methodology to realize the best environmental solution for compliance with future vehicle emission regulations.
  • CO2 emissions, measured through a life cycle assessment, dramatically reduced in seven optimised sub-system structures, at lower or comparable costs.

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As the consensus builds for comprehensive reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across international boundaries and industries, global steel companies are reinventing the deployment of steel to reduce GHG emissions, while still providing safe and affordable personal transportation for an increasing mobile global society. A new project, Future Steel Vehicle, will develop steel auto body concepts that address alternative powertrains, such as advanced hybrid, electric, and fuel cell systems.

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