Ford to make aluminum bodied F-150's

Started by MACMan, December 03, 2014, 09:05:37 PM

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QuoteBucolic upstate New York, near the southeastern end of Lake Ontario, is a pretty odd place to be building the future of the U.S. auto industry. Yet here, in a factory that makes aluminum cans for the beverage industry, workers are gearing up for a crucial role in the launch of the next generation of America's bestselling vehicle.

The Novelis plant in tiny Oswego is the birthplace, of sorts, for Ford Motor F +0.69% Co.'s innovative new F-150 pickup, 700 pounds lighter–and thus more fuel-efficient to meet government requirements–because its steel body panels have been replaced by lightweight aluminum. The stakes could not be higher. The F-150 pickup is Ford's crown jewel, generating more than $20 billion in revenue annually and 40% of its annual profits

Well, an aluminum bodied truck would be a real hoot,....especially in a hail storm or a wreck, not to mention the resulting death rate of motorists. (sarc)  :rolleyes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2014/11/05/novelis-is-lightening-fords-load-on-new-f-150/

Solar

Quote from: MACMan on December 03, 2014, 09:05:37 PM
Well, an aluminum bodied truck would be a real hoot,....especially in a hail storm or a wreck, not to mention the resulting death rate of motorists. (sarc)  :rolleyes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2014/11/05/novelis-is-lightening-fords-load-on-new-f-150/
Actually, this is rather smart. My Subaru's hood was made of air craft aluminum, and it was the strongest sheet of metal on the car.
Unfortunately it is also the most expensive.
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Quote from: Solar on December 04, 2014, 07:39:05 AM
Actually, this is rather smart. My Subaru's hood was made of air craft aluminum, and it was the strongest sheet of metal on the car.
Unfortunately it is also the most expensive.

Back in the early 1980s, I worked for a time in a stamping plant near Cleveland. We subcontracted to the Detroit carmakers for various parts. Many is the night I loaded coils of sheet aluminum into an automated press that stamped out blanks for bumpers that went on Chevy Monte Carlos.
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