SUSTAINABILITY IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
Automobiles are
the most recycled consumer product. Each year the steel industry
recycles more than 14 million tons of steel from end-of-life
vehicles. This is equivalent to nearly 13.5 million new
automobiles. The steel recycling rate for automobiles is
near--or above--100 percent annually. This recycling record,
along with developing lighter, stronger steels continues to
yield sustainable benefits.
Even while these
accomplishments are impressive, the steel industry continues to
work to develop new, advanced steel products and applications
that will yield even greater energy benefits to manufacturers
and their customers. For example, the UltraLight Steel Auto Body
- Advanced Vehicle Concepts (ULSAB-AVC), received the Stars for
Energy Efficiency award from the Alliance to Save Energy for its
significant advances in solutions for vehicle energy efficiency
through new, lightweight Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS)
applications.
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The Steel
Industry has
driven environmental improvements in the automotive
industry by developing stronger steels to make more
structurally efficient parts that allow cars to be more fuel
efficient.
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For every
one million cars made from the design and steel technology
of the ULSAB-AVC study
CASE HISTORY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
