LIGHTWEIGHTING hinges on the details

Multi-material design approaches require careful integration of all adjacent constituents.

In the ongoing design and engineering crusade that is vehicle lightweighting, grams count. In some cases, tenths of a gram count. Regardless of how fuel price has moderated in the U.S. in recent years, the importance of global platforms and global markets means the drive to create more mass-efficient vehicle structures, subassemblies and components continues unabated.

Automakers are scrutinizing even the smallest parts in order to shed unnecessary weight on their final design.