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CONTENTS
FEATURES

REGULARS

12 Lightweight Metals Special

2 Editorial: Impressions of
a rocket launch

12 Tesla casts a new strategy for lightweight structures COVER STORY
The EV maker boldly invests in the world's largest aluminum diecasting machine to manufacture entire rear underbody structures.

16 Steel the Real Deal MATERIALS

4 SAE Standards News
5 Supplier Eye
6 What We're Driving
7 Technology Report

Steel's infinite recyclability will help it remain the auto industry's
material of choice, insists Tata Steel Europe's CCO.

7 Can CHAdeMO 3.0 standardize global EV
quick-charging? | ELECTRIFICATION

19 Tesla's Cybertruck is audaciously
austenitic STAINLESS STEEL | MATERIALS

8 Cummins and Tula test 'dynamic' cylinder
deactivation for diesels | PROPULSION

A proprietary 301-series stainless steel gives Tesla's first pickup
truck unique sales attributes while saving tooling cost.

20 Lightweight design beyond CAD
COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

New computational tools enable an integrated data-fusion
approach to complex, mixed-materials engineering. An expert
from nTopology explains.

10 Customization drives new Porsche paint
process | MANUFACTURING

22 Product Briefs
Spotlight: Adhesives & Electronics

26 Companies Mentioned, Ad Index
28 Q&A
Paul Platte discusses Covestro's new
polycarbonate solutions

ON THE COVER
Tesla is moving to a single, large aluminum casting for the rear
structural underbody of its Model Y high-volume sedan as well as
future versions of Model 3. Enabling this new 'megacasting' is the
world's largest high-pressure die casting machine supplied by
Italy-based IDRA Group, whose OL5500CS is shown. Tesla will
eventually have two of these machines at its Fremont plant, plus
one in Berlin and one in Shanghai. (Tesla and IDRA Group images)

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