The R&D of the FreedomCAR Materials Program

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI ID:958757

Carpenter, Joseph A. ^[1]; Daniels, Edward J. ^[2]; Sklad, Philip S ^[3]; Warren, Charles David ^[3]; Smith, Mark T. ^[4]

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1. U.S. Department of Energy
2. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
3. ORNL
4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Expanding world economic prosperity, probable peaking of conventional petroleum production capacity in the coming decades and climate concerns require efforts to increase the efficiency of the use of and to develop alternatives to, petroleum-based fuels used in automotive transportation. The US Department of Energy (USDOE) has been aggressively pursuing research and development (R&D) on both approaches for over ten years. This presentation will focus on the materials and manufacturing R&D aimed at lightweighting of the bodies and chassis of light-duty automotive vehicles such as autos, vans, pickup trucks, and SUVs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 958757
• Resource Relation: Conference: IABC 2006 - World Auto Body Expo, Novi, MI, USA, 20060919, 20060921
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
CAPACITY
CLIMATES
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
MANUFACTURING
PETROLEUM
VANS
MATERIALS
AUTOMOBILES
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
VEHICLES
materials
automotive
lightweight
casting
wrought
sheet
extrusion
aluminium
magnesium
steel
titanium
polymer-matrix composites
metal-matrix composites
glazing (glass)
joining
non-destructive testing
recycling
cost modeling