India's hidden urban mines are going to landfills: Why e-waste needs a second life
As smartphones, laptops, televisions, electric vehicles, and household appliances become an integral part of modern life, electronic waste (e-waste) is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. Yet, every discarded electronic device contains more than just obsolete technology—it...
Stricter fines, greater scope for innovation: Hungary targets cleaner practices in battery manufacturing
Hungary will raise the maximum fine for serious environmental violations by large manufacturers to 5 billion forints (USD 16 million) under new measures to strengthen environmental oversight across industries, including EV battery manufacturing, recycling, and decommissioning. The changes come as...
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Study shows aluminum's superiority over steel
A new study released today shows that an all-aluminum vehicle can shed more than 40 percent body mass, boosting fuel economy by 18 percent when combined with secondary mass savings and other design changes. The study helps explain why car and truck makers are shifting away from steel to aluminum,...
Audi involved in setting standard for sustainable aluminum
AUDI AG is joining the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative to help develop a global standard for sustainable aluminum. As a pioneer in unitary aluminum car bodies, the company is taking the opportunity to influence the entire value chain of one of its most important materials—one of the objectives of...
Phinergy boosts EV travel range with aluminum air battery
Phinergy’s air batteries made up of 50 aluminum plates can give EVs a range of up to 1,000 miles, according to Gizmag, with each plate providing enough energy for 20 miles. Weighing a total of 55 pounds, this fuel cell could be used in tandem with existing lithium-ion batteries, according to the...
Alcoa's latest tech further pushes aluminum into autos
Ahead of its first-quarter earnings release Monday, Alcoa unveiled its latest innovation in its bid to push aluminum across more of a vehicle's structure. Vehicles have long been the domain of steel, and that industry continues to create its own lighter-weight material for auto manufacturers...
Phinergy introduces aluminium-air battery that can power an EV for 1,000 miles
Most electric vehicles and hybrids utilize lithium ion, lithium polymer, or nickel metal hydride batteries. There are inefficiencies in all of them. Most EVs have a range of only 100 miles. Hybrids usually can achieve electric only distances of about 30 miles. Those numbers have greatly limited the...
Flight Bikes launches two aluminium bikes
Flight Bikes USA has launched worldwide two new models of powerful aluminum electric bikes, the Flight ECB-26L-A & the Flight ECB-26L-B. “These advanced designs for electric bikes are exclusive to Flight Bikes USA. The aluminum frames are strong enough to hold up to years of hard riding. We’re glad...
Automobile aluminum electric wire production base set up in Thailand
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. have decided to set up a production base for automobile aluminum electric wires in Thailand. The two companies began mass production of wiring harnesses for automobiles using aluminum wires (aluminum harnesses) in 2010. Since...
JLR highlights automotive aluminium
Dr Mark White, Chief Technical Specialist of Body Engineering at Jaguar Land Rover Product Development, was the invited speaker at a Parliamentary Breakfast Briefing on the last December. The Briefing was held by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Aluminium, Chaired by Albert Owen MP. Dr White...
Aluminum is synonymous with economy in Electric cars
Aluminum structures are expensive and reserved for luxury cars. But in the case of electric cars, this overhead can lead to savings expenses. The equation is as follows: on an electric car, the battery is a very expensive and reducing vehicle weight, it is possible to use a smaller battery, and...
BMW joins the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
BMW announced their inclusion into the ASI or Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. The ASI was founded back in September of 2012 as an aluminium value chain initiative. A bunch of smart people got together to create a standard for how aluminium is mined, manufactured and recycled and there hope is...
Hydro Aluminium on line growth
Pascal Hubert as director of Hydro Aluminium in Châteauroux, seems to be sweeping the questions about the future of the site castelroussin. Especially since the depressed construction sector affects the aluminum profile with full force. "But the extruded products are everywhere in our environment,...
Aleris to Increase Aluminum Supply to Audi China
Aleris today announced it has signed a contract with FAW-Volkswagen to provide aluminum for several Audi models to be produced in China. Aleris will supply aluminum for the Audi A3 Sportback and Sedan models to be produced in Foshan, in Guangdong Province, and the Audi Q5 produced in Changchun, in...
Novelis Breaks Ground on First Aluminum Auto Sheet Plant in China
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, officially broke ground today on the company's first aluminum manufacturing plant in China. The $100 million investment is designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for rolled aluminum used in the design of a new generation of lighter,...
I-CAR launches Aluminum-Intensive Vehicle Repairs course
I-CAR this week debuted its new live, interactive training course called Aluminum-Intensive Vehicle Repairs (ALI01). I-CAR said there is a large demand for aluminum repair training due to the increased use of higher-strength materials in vehicle designs. The organization’s new Aluminum-Intensive...
Tesla's All-Aluminum Model S Named Automobile Magazine's 'Car of the Year'
Alcoa today congratulated Tesla Motors on the Tesla Model S electric vehicle, an all-aluminum premium sedan, being named Automobile Magazine's 2013 Car of the Year. The body of Model S is a state-of-the-art, aluminum-intensive design and has won accolades across the industry. It accelerates from 0...
ARABAL to include discussion sessions on Auto Industry, Chinese Market, Environment and Recycling
The Arab International Aluminium Conference "Arabal" - hosted by Qatalum in Doha during the period from 20 to 22 November – is scheduled to include discussion sessions and present work papers on a number of key topics on the aluminium industry. The Preparatory Committee of ARABAL 2012 has announced...
Novelis VP for Global Automotive is bullish about aluminium's prospects in the automotive industry
Roland Harings, Vice President of Global Automotive for Novelis, is bullish about the prospects for aluminium in the automotive industry, telling Automotive World's Automotive Megatrends magazine that he expects "a significant step change in the use of aluminium in the body-in-white now for the...
Auto Lightweighting to Push Aluminum Companies’ Innovation
The tussle between the steel and aluminum industry over their respective places in supplying the automotive sector is far from over, but has only just begun. “However you want to measure it, the steel industry is roughly 9 times bigger than the aluminum industry,” said Richard Schultz, managing...
