Vehicle Lightweighting: Mass Reduction Spectrum Analysis and Process Cost Modeling

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1363637· OSTI ID:1363637

Mascarin, Anthony ^[1]; Hannibal, Ted ^[1]; Raghunathan, Anand ^[2]; Ivanic, Ziga ^[2]; Clark, Michael ^[3]

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1. IBIS Associates, Inc., Waltham, MA (United States)
2. Energetics Inc., Columbia, MD (United States)
3. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office, Materials area commissioned a study to model and assess manufacturing economics of alternative design and production strategies for a series of lightweight vehicle concepts. In the first two phases of this effort examined combinations of strategies aimed at achieving strategic targets of 40% and a 45% mass reduction relative to a standard North American midsize passenger sedan at an effective cost of $3.42 per pound (lb) saved. These results have been reported in the Idaho National Laboratory report INL/EXT-14-33863 entitled Vehicle Lightweighting: 40% and 45% Weight Savings Analysis: Technical Cost Modeling for Vehicle Lightweighting published in March 2015. The data for these strategies were drawn from many sources, including Lotus Engineering Limited and FEV, Inc. lightweighting studies, U.S. Department of Energy-funded Vehma International of America, Inc./Ford Motor Company Multi-Material Lightweight Prototype Vehicle Demonstration Project, the Aluminum Association Transportation Group, many United States Council for Automotive Research’s/United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC lightweight materials programs, and IBIS Associates, Inc.’s decades of experience in automotive lightweighting and materials substitution analyses.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1363637
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT--16-38001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
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MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION
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VEHICLES
cost modeling
lightweighting
mass reduction
vehicle