Volkswagen refuses aluminum in favor of high -strength steel

The largest German car manufacturer Concern Volkswagen (VW) refuses aluminum in favor of high -strength steel for the manufacture of its cars. VW expects to reduce the mass of the car and reduce CO2 emissions.

Despite the trend in the production of hybrid cars or full electric cars today, the designers of the concern suggested using new materials to reduce the weight of the machine, which in turn will increase the factor in the efficiency of fuel consumption.

VW engineers refused aluminum and began to use a specially designed high -strength steel in the production of cars, which is six times stronger than aluminum.
New materials made it possible to reduce the mass of the new VW Golf by 100 kg, while the cost of steel turned out to be slightly lower. The weight of aluminum, although it is one third of the weight of steel, however, this non -ferrous metal costs three times more, representatives of the VW say.

Following the Volkswagen, other manufacturers of cars are also switching to steel. As it became known last week, Ford made a statement in which he said that the new pickup of its production, developed under the F -150 brand, will be made of high -strength steel and will become 250 - 750 pounds easier.

The recently conducted studies confirmed that high -strength steel is not only cheaper in and production, but also provides much greater safety of the vehicle in the event of an accident.