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monplace.Inthemeantimetheautomotivemarketisseekingnewanswerstoaddresstheharmfulemissionsissueand
in spite of the fact that electric vehicles could cause them
todropconsiderablydownstream,theywouldbeconstant
upstream. This means in energy generation processes, unlesstheuseofsuchsourcesasnuclearpowerisfactored
in. Alessandro Coda, chief technology officer of CLEPA
The European Association of Automotive Suppliers underlined
this aspect, then paved the way for further discussiononmaterials,aimingatweightreduction.
Lighter vehicles, while waiting for
mass-produced electric cars
The speech by Ducker Worldwide’s M. Scott Ulnick
and Jochen Kemnitz underlined that the average
content of aluminium per vehicle
increased in Europe by 30 kg between
2006and2016.Itisalsolikelytoincreasebyafurther37kgby2025.
Asregardsproductionprocesses,adecreaseincastingsisenvisaged
- from 77% of processes
in 2012 to 66% in 2016,
possibly down to 63% at the
endofthedecade.Regardingautomotive
parts, it has been foreseen
that rolled products will increase
annually by 6% and this
trend will carry on for four more
years, when 35% of circulating
light vehicles will have at least
e immatricolate, per lo più in Asia e in Cina, molte sono le attese
perleautomobiliaguidaautonoma.Èunsognoche,comehannosostenutoanchealtrirelatori,attraeattoridiprovenienza
diversa come Google o Ericsson. Ma che ha bisogno di un ecosistema
di infrastrutture, servizi, connettività e sensori per poterfunzionarealmeglio.Oltrechediuncambioculturale,giacché
chi possiede una quattro ruote ama innanzitutto condurla.
C’èinsommabisognodiunafertilizzazioneodiunacontaminazioneincrociatadellecompetenze,cheèlaragionedeldebutto
nel comparto di player eterogenei. La digitalizzazione è
protagonista del cambiamento e se oggi il digitale pesa per il
40%sull’interadotazionehi-techveicolare,lasuaincidenzaè
destinataacrescere.Névadimenticatochedigitaleedeletone
aluminium panel. The first to take advantage of the
lightness trend should be upper-bracket vehicles, but subsequently
aluminium body panels will find use in other vehicle
classes too. According to Ulnick, especially, who introduced
the analysis of the US market, manufacturers are
faced with the challenge of reducing the weight of vehicles
by a further 10% in order to meet the target in terms of
emissions. In this context aluminium is gaining popularity,
startingfromthe300lbsperunitrecordedin2006.
On the medium and short term the material mix will
however be fundamental: a technological cocktail
which includes high-strength steels and aluminium
as well as magnesium, fibres and composites.
Whatever the direction taken will be, the target
to aim at is the reduction of traffic congestion,
with all the consequences this will imply,becausethefuturein20years’time
consists of huge urban sprawls where
80% of the world’s population will be
concentrated, as against 60% forecastfor2030.Thisisthevision
of Giovanni Cipolla, President
& CTO, DECET, who considers
the electric car a possibletargetbutnotsoontobe
reached, since to this very
day the car output is in the
range of 92 million vehicles
per year with an average life
span of at least a decade.
And above all, the electric
Pete Kelly,
Managing Director,
LMC Automotive
(Photo: Alessandra
Dosselli)
Come sta cambiando l’industria
dell’automobile
Più alluminio e materiali leggeri, auto a guida autonoma e tempi lunghi
per la diffusione di massa dei veicoli elettrici. Il 46° FARO Meeting disegna
gli scenari futuri dell’industria dell’auto
Eventi
Mentre già si scaldano i motori per il prossimo Meeting in programma
per il 6-7 aprile 2017, l’incontro del Club FARO al KilometroRossodiBergamodel19-20ottobrescorsihadinuovo
puntato i riflettori sul mondo dell’automobile, grazie al contributo
di un parterre di esperti internazionali. Si è cominciato con
il dibattito sullo scenario attuale moderato dal direttore R&D di
EnduranceOverseasClaudioMus,cheharicordatocomeilsettore
assorba ancora il 60-70% dell’acciaio oggi circolante. Una
notazione non casuale, poiché l’analisi del fabbisogno e dell’uso
dimaterialidiversièstataasuavoltacentralenellariflessione
dei Faristi. Dal canto suo Pete Kelly, managing director di LMC
Automotive, ha parlato di un modello di offerta in rapido cambiamento.
In un panorama di circa 92 milioni di vetture prodotte
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