New aluminum process could debut in 2018 doors, fenders
Alcoa Inc. is touting a breakthrough in aluminum manufacturing that it says will give the lightweight metal a better chance to replace steel in car doors and fenders. Alcoa says the process, still in the testing phase, will create metal sheets that are stronger and more easily shaped into auto body parts than current aluminum and are lighter than high-strength steel. Company executives say the aluminum-alloy material could show up in cars by 2018.
Alcoa got a boost when one of its customers, Ford, decided to make the 2015 model of its F-150 pickup with a body that is 97 percent aluminum. That shaved up to 700 pounds from the 5,000-pound truck.
— The Associated Press
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