- Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), Plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs), and New-energy vehicles (NEVs) will continue to require innovative lightweight components
- High requirements will be placed on energy storing and thermal management, e.g.,
- Batteries
- Electric motors
- Power electronics and memory units.
- High demanding engine parts, e.g. Water cooled electric motor housings, e-axles housings and compressor housings needs to fulfill very high leakage proof standards
- Lowering the vehicle weight consumes less power and widens the drive range per battery charge and reduces emissions (in case of conventional engine).
- Chassis and body castings play an important role in reducing CO2 and will include more thin-walled die cast parts (fins, supporting structures).
- More near net shape casting for the increasing number of electronic sensors and memory units, and additionally geometrically demanding sealing surfaces.
- Highly complex shapes used in automotive safety and electronics components.
- Tool steels of advanced properties are more important to fulfill the new and growing requirements, TQ1 and CS1 are good choices to meet these changes.
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Source: Kind&Co - https://www.kind-co.de/en/
