Getting closer to the Lightweight cars of the future

Discover the results of the ALLIANCE project

as presented at the final event on September 19th 2019:

Overview

Introduction to the ALLIANCE project by Thilo Bein of Fraunhofer LBF

Project outcomes

Materials

Aluminium by Dr. Jean-François Despois of Novelis

Steel by Dr. Dorothea Mattissen, Dr. Richard Thiessen and Andreas Breidenbach of thyssenkrupp

Process technologies

Manufacturing by Daniele Bassan of CRF

Joining by Joakim Hedegård of Swerim

Demonstrators

An overview by Jens Meschke of Volkswagen AG

Strut tower, wheel house and integrated rail by OPEL

Rear CMS by Jörn Tölle of Benteler

Support tools

The Extended Target Weighing Approach by Robert Renz of IPEK

Mass Manager Software Tool by Neil McGregor of Ricardo

Full vehicle assessment model by Dinesh Thirunavukkarasu of ika – RWTH Aachen University

Project impact

Impact on Lightweighting by Sebastian Spohr of ika – RWTH Aachen University

Life Cycle Assessment by Francesco Del Pero of Università degli Studi di Firenze

Impact on Cost by Marcos Ierides of Bax & Company

Way forward

Accelerating the decarbonisation of transport: Roadmap on the future of European lightweighting by Marcos Ierides of Bax & Company

and as explained in the public reports:

Executive Summary

Extended Publishable Executive Summary

Discover our vision for the future of European lightweighting

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Discover the impact of the Lightweight Open Innovation Challenge

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