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TECHNOLOGY
REPORT
LIGHTWEIGHTING
Altair honors weight-saving innovations
SAE INTERNATIONAL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jeff Hemphill
President
Todd Zarfos
2020 President
Srinivasa (Sri) Srinath, Ph.D
2022 President Elect
Susan Ying, Ph.D
Vice President - Aerospace
Ken Washington, Ph.D
Vice President - Automotive
Michael Weinert
Vice President -
Commercial Vehicle
Andrew Jeffers
Treasurer
David L. Schutt, Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer
Magna active air deflector.
Sustainable and stylish: two words not commonly
paired but that aptly apply to this year's Altair
Enlighten Award winner for Sustainable Product
- Vehicle, the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The
battery-electric performance SUV with an iconic
badge and 100% " vegan " interior is one of six
category winners to be honored at the 9th annual
lightweighting competition conducted by global
information technology company Altair and the
Center for Automotive Research (CAR).
" The 2021 Enlighten Award once again
shines a light on the inspiring work of automotive
engineers worldwide. Now more than ever,
sustainability and emissions reduction are critical
challenges not just for the automotive sector,
but society as a whole, " said James Scapa,
Altair founder, chairman and CEO. Altair assists
lightweighting efforts by enabling " unprecedented
convergence of simulation, data analytics
and high-performance computing, "
Scapa said, technologies employed by many of
this year's nominees.
While the awards acknowledge the automotive
industry's best initiatives to reduce vehicle
weight and meet emissions targets, they also
consider other parameters such as cost reduction,
improved performance, part count reduction
and applicability to other vehicle programs.
The new Sustainable Product and
Process categories also consider progress to6
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ward a reduced carbon footprint and factors
such as water/energy consumption and material
reuse and recycling.
" Lightweighting is central to the quest for
greater fuel economy and electrification, which in
turn is vital to the future of the whole sector, " said
Carla Bailo, president and CEO of CAR. Winners
were recognized on August 4 in conjunction with
CAR's Management Briefing Seminars.
Sustainable Product - Component
Magna International won for its active air deflector
and grille shutters on the 2019 Ram
1500. Using 78% recyclable plastics, the active
aerodynamic devices reduce drag by 9% for
better fuel economy. Aero products on the
Ram 1500 have reduced CO2 emissions by
641.9 thousand metric tons since January 2015.
Runner-up: SAIC GM Wuling Automobile Co,
Ltd. for the Wuling Victory body-in-white that
employs an increased proportion of highstrength
steel (63%), ultra-high-strength steel
(31.5%) and hot forming 1500-MPa steel
(10.1%). The whole vehicle weight is reduced by
61.5 kg (135 lb), enabling an improvement in
fuel consumption of 0.2 L/100 km.
Sustainable Product - Vehicle
On sale since the end of 2020, the batteryelectric
Mustang Mach-E kicks off Ford's
Gregory L. Bradley, Esq.
Secretary
Pascal Joly
Jeff Varick
Rhonda Walthall
Joan Wills
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