Automotive Engineering: June 2020

20AUTP06

06/04/2020

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  • Tesla casts a new strategy for lightweight structures
    The EV maker boldly invests in the world's largest aluminum die-casting machine to manufacture entire rear underbody structures.
  • Steel the Real Deal
    Steel's infinite recyclability will help it remain the auto industry's material of choice, insists Tata Steel Europe's CCO.
  • Tesla's Cybertruck is audaciously austenitic
    A proprietary 301-series stainless steel gives Tesla's first pickup truck unique sales attributes while saving tooling cost.
  • Lightweight design beyond CAD
    New computational tools enable an integrated data-fusion approach to complex, mixed-materials engineering. An expert from nTopology explains.
  • Editorial
    Impressions of a rocket launch
  • SAE Standards News
    New Cooperative Driving Automation standard provides clarity to support advancement of full automation
  • Supplier Eye
    Now comes product-cadence chaos
  • What We're Driving
  • Can CHAdeMO 3.0 standardize global EV quick-charging?
  • Cummins and Tula test 'dynamic' cylinder deactivation for diesels
  • Customization drives new Porsche paint process
  • Q&A
    Paul Platte discusses Covestro's new polycarbonate solutions
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