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The role of aluminum in automotive weight reduction—Part I

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This series of articles provides, from an international perspective, an analysis of the future of the automotive industry and aluminum’s role in automobile weight reduction technology. Part I briefly reviews the environmental and social issues surrounding the automobile and describes how these issues are concurrently driving the automotive industry to employ weight-adding technologies and seek opportunities for weight reduction.

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  1. Tojiro Kobayashi, “Story of Aluminum” (Japan Standard Association, April 1987).

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  1. Nissan Motor Company, Yokosuka-City, Japan

    Yuki Kurihara M.Sc. (senior manager)

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Kurihara, Y. The role of aluminum in automotive weight reduction—Part I. JOM 45, 32–33 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03222483

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