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Industry Challenges<br />

Reducing Weight & Cost<br />

Challenge<br />

§ Increased safety and <strong>com</strong>fort feature content significantly<br />

adds weight and costs to state-of-the-art vehicles<br />

§ A 100 kg reduction in vehicle mass can lower the<br />

CO2 emissions by as much as 10 g/km with additional<br />

benefits in vehicle dynamic behaviour (even braking)<br />

Considerations<br />

§ Earliest concept / design phase decisions account for more<br />

than 75% of weight and costs of final powertrain and vehicle<br />

§ Total cost of development, production and service<br />

§ Common parts and platforms offer economies of scale<br />

OUR SOLUTION<br />

go to chapter menu →<br />

<strong>MAHLE</strong> <strong>Powertrain</strong> Ltd., February 2012 © <strong>MAHLE</strong>

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