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Article: Aluminum's qualities make for safer, lighter vehicles of future.(Auto Weekend)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 19, 2000
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When the metal aluminum is mentioned, most people think of things like foil and soda cans. That these items are easily folded and crushed leads to the assumption that the use of aluminum for automotive structures would make little sense.
Actually, the reverse is true.
The very properties of aluminum that make foils and cans so versatile and functional can also make cars as safe or safer than current models while providing additional benefits not obvious to the casual observer.
For the past couple months you may have read reports in various publications about the growth of the use of aluminum in the automobile industry. Big deals like those ...