Lightweight materials may find exciting opportunities in the automotive industry as a means of increasing fuel efficiency. With 75 percent of fuel consumption relating directly to vehicle weight, potential weight reductions that result in improved price-performance ratio stimulate usage of lightweight materials. “Lightweight materials such as plastic are ideal to improve fuel efficiency and design flexibility without compromising on performance ... Read More »

As part of its mission to keep highways safe, the Electronic Stability Control Coalition encourages drivers to travel responsibly this summer, a season ranked as one of the most dangerous by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Studies show that fatal crashes are more likely to happen during the warm weather months of June, July and August, as more ... Read More »

The high price of steel effects the use of the product. Read More »

Article about speech and supporting voice-recognition technologies. Read More »

Providing consumers a more car-like ride and handling in pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans has often put auto designers at odds with the idea of taking weight out of the vehicle in order to achieve better mileage. Read More »

Fuel-cell cars are electric vehicles that make their own electric power on board instead of relying on batteries. Read More »

Alcoa announced today that it has provided automotive aluminum structural technology to Audi AG, the German automaker, for its second-generation A8 sedan. Read More »

The year 1903 was a watershed year in America. That's the year of the first manned flight, the first radio signal was sent across the Atlantic, and the first person to drive an automobile across the United States. Read More »

When I'm not driving test cars, I have a 1969 Dodge Polara -- Saint Nancy is her name -- that I use to putter around town. This is not an exotic muscle car -- she's just a big old blue sedan, a little dented and a little rusty, and she seems to strike a familiar chord in people. They pat her thick metal flanks, reminisce about the big ol' boat they learned to drive on, and say, "They sure don't build 'em like they used to, do they?" Read More »

Representatives from industry, government and public interest groups announced the launch of a nationwide public education, information and outreach campaign to explain the benefits of ethanol. Read More »