CFMoto’s 2027 Ibex 800 E combines aluminium components with radar safety technology
CFMoto's 2027 Ibex 800 E combines an aluminium swingarm and forged aluminium pistons with radar-based safety technology, while starting at USD 9,799 in the US. The Ibex also comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, adjustable KYB suspension and several touring features as standard. The Ibex 800 E comes...
Porsche's lightweight GT3 gets heavier, and that's the point
Porsche's 911 GT3 Bergsport swaps its lightest magnesium wheels for forged aluminium, proving that a few extra kilos can make sense when the road gets serious. There are few places where saving weight matters more than inside a Porsche 911 GT3. Yet for its new 911 GT3 Bergsport, Porsche has done...
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Range Rover: World’s first SUV to feature all-aluminium construction is celebrating Golden Jubilee year with limited edition launch
Range Rover has always defined the 4x4 SUV’s segment from way back in the 1970s. Its iconic shape continues to be the stimulus behind the entire line-up of SUVs from the brand, with the classic sheet metal-to-glasshouse ratio everlastingly maintained all these decades. The Brand Range Rover has...
CAAM revises auto sales estimate for 2020 in line with China’s market recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has reportedly revised its estimate for China’s auto sales in 2020. From the previous estimate of a decline of 15-25 per cent, the association shows a sign of improvement expecting the sales to drop by 10-20 per cent, in line with China’s economy...
Chinese secondary aluminium operating rates inch up 1.6 percentage points in May 2020
According to Shanghai Metals Market, operating rates across China’s secondary aluminium industry increased 1.6 percentage points month-on-month to stand at 48.69 per cent in May. In April, China’s secondary aluminium industry’s operating rates were 47.08 per cent, lowering 0.22 percentage point...
Audi reduces carbon footprint by using closed aluminium circulation
Since 1994, Audi has been plying aluminium in its car bodies, but aluminium production is very energy-intensive. That is the reason Audi has been using a closed circulation of this material. It was introduced in 2017 at the Neckarsulm factory, and at the beginning of this year also at the...
China’s automobile production and sales achieve double digit growth in May, cumulative sales in five months decline: CAAM
According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the country’s automobile production and sales both achieved double-digit growth in May. As per the data shown by CAAM, around 2.19 million units of automobiles were produced and sold in China last month. The production rose 4...
China Aluminium Processing Summit 2020: Aluminium consumption in automobile to grow at 8.9% CAGR
Aluminium consumption in China’s automotive industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9 per cent to 10.7 million tonnes by 2030. The news came after Tao Zhimin, auto sheet project manager at Nanshan Aluminium, said this at the China Aluminium Processing Industry...
China’s passenger car sales up 1.9% YoY in May: CPCA
According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), Retail sales of sedans, multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs), sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and mini buses stood at 1.64 million units in May, an increase of 1.9% year on year and 12.3% month on month. China's sales posted the first year-on-year...
MG Motors eyeing electric vehicles market in India; Plans to increase investment from 2022
MG Motors India Pvt Ltd is reportedly eyeing the electric vehicles market in India. From 2022, the company plans to increase its investment in the EV space expecting the economy to return to normal in a couple of years and electric vehicles to be an attention puller in the domestic automobile...
Liberty Aluminium Poitou in France goes gloomy again
The British Liberty House Group took over Fonderie du Poitou Aluminium and renamed it Liberty Aluminium Poitou a year ago. The Group acquired both the Fonderie du Poitou Fonte and Fonderie du Poitou Aluminium located near Châtellerault in France. Both the companies are in trouble again, though the...
China’s car sales in May continue to inch up M-o-M: CAAM
The automobile market in China continued to inch up in May 2020, as found by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales rose 11.7 per cent year-on-year to come in at 2.14 million tonnes, according to the flash estimate by CAAM. Month-on-month, the sales in May recorded an...
Nissan to close Barcelona plant, Aluminium downstream suppliers to auto industry stands down-hearted
Gianluca De Ficchy, Chairman, Nissan Europe said: “Nissan intends to close its Barcelona main plant and two nearby facilities starting in December’20, but it will keep open two facilities in northern Spain.” The Chairman also said: "There was no viable solution for the future of the Barcelona...
The NPC meetings in China propose development measures for NEVs; Suggest extending national subsidies and tax exemption
On Friday, May 22, China held the most important political event of the year - The National People's Congress (NPC) meetings, also known as “Two Sessions” in Chinese. At the annual gathering, the NEV-related proposals suggest to extend the national subsidies and purchase tax exemption, promoting...
Constellium delivers Aluminium Auto Body Sheet for the new Toyota Corolla in Europe
Constellium SE made published today that it delivers Auto Body Sheet for the new Toyota Corolla produced at Toyota’s European manufacturing plants. Constellium was recommended as the solitary supplier of Auto Body Sheet for the hood of the new Corolla, produced at the automaker’s facilities in...
COVID-19 Impact: MP automobile industry pushes government for stimulus and MSME status
In the wake of the plummeting auto sales across the country over the past two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the automobile industry in Madhya Pradesh has appealed the government to provide stimulus to the sector and grant it the status of MSME (micro small medium enterprises). The nationwide...
Ningbo Xusheng Auto: To start construction of production plant for light-weight aluminium alloy auto parts
Shanghai-listed Ningbo Xusheng Auto Technology stated that it plans to invest 1.92 billion Yuan into the construction of an intelligent automation production plant, designed with an annualised capacity of 10 million light-weight aluminium alloy auto parts. Ningbo Xusheng Auto Technology Co., Ltd....
Liberty Aluminium Technologies restarts production with COVID-19 safeguard
Liberty Aluminium Technologies has resumed production after a two-month halt, provided with safeguarding from COVID-19 epidemic by reducing the risk. The staffs have started re-joining to their work this week for the production of components towards the automotive sector at sites in Coventry and...
COVID-19 impact: Japan's UACJ holds back domestic production of Aluminium products
UACJ, the Japanese manufacture of aluminium products has downsized its production at its domestic plants in response to the plunge in demand, especially from the auto industry, due to the Covid-19 epidemic. On 19 th May’20, UACJ stated it has ceased part of its domestic production for several days...
European Aluminium supports rapid actions for the recovery of the automotive sector at the European level
Aluminium is a part of many large value chains and the largest of them being the automotive and transport sector. This sector alone represents 36% of the aluminium market. As the automotive industry is facing a severe slowdown or is even stopping production, the aluminium production which includes...
