The amount of aluminum in car bodies will increase significantly in the near future

According to analyst firm Ducker Worldwide, the amount of aluminum in car bodies could even double over the next 10 years. Overall, the cars of the future will be able to contain at least one third more aluminum than they do today.

Currently, cars made in Europe contain about 150 kg of aluminum. At the end of the decade, this figure will average 170 kg, and in 2025 up to 190 kg.

The average amount of aluminum in cars is 150 kg, but some manufacturers contain much more. In the case of the Range Rover, this figure is 610 kg, while the Range Rover Sport is 600 kg. That being said, the F-Pace.Na jaguars were at the other end of the scale, since the Smart Fortwo has only 62 kg of aluminum. A little more Dacia Duster. Skoda Fabia, Renault Captur and Citroen C3. The market segments start at 74.4 kg in the A segment, go through 97.4 kg for B and 133 kg for C. The D segment already contains 199.2 kg and the E 356 kg.

There is no doubt that this is a result of the fight against carbon emissions - a lighter car means less fuel consumption and therefore lower emissions. Consequently, more aluminum should be in large limousines, whose capacious engines emit a lot of smoke into the atmosphere. On the other hand, the higher the price of the machine, since aluminum is significantly more expensive than steel.

Metallurgists have a slightly different opinion on this issue: they want to bring to the market new types of steel, which will be much stronger and lighter, within a few years. It seems that the automotive world can be divided into luxury limousines and cars, where the share of aluminum will grow much faster than in the lower segments, for which the share of new steel grades will increase, which are slightly heavier than aluminum, but much cheaper than it.