Welcome to AHSSInsights.org, the leading online resource for technical information on the forming, joining and metallurgy of Advanced High-Strength Steels for automotive applications.
This site features a searchable database, enabling easy access to critical information on the key benefits of automotive high strength steels and how they can be deployed for manufacture. The content is made publicly available by WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association.
Part Consolidation in an EV World
Tailor-welded blanks (TWBs) allow the combination of different steel grades, thicknesses, and even coating types into a single blank. This results in stamping a single component with the right...
How Steel Properties Influence the Roll Forming Process
You’ll find this content as part of our page on Roll Forming, but this month, we want to highlight it in our AHSS Insights blog. Thanks to Brian Oxley, Product Manager, Shape Corporation, and Dr....
Resistance Spot Welding AHSS to Magnesium
This blog is a short summary of a published comprehensive research work titled: "Peculiar Roles of Nickel Diffusion in Intermetallic Compound Formation at the Dissimilar Metal Interface of Magnesium...
Meeting the Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles: A Steel E-Motive Student Engagement to Adapt SEM2 from People Mover to Commercial Delivery Vehicle
WorldAutoSteel is focused on advancing steel's advantages in the automotive, autonomous vehicle, and future mobility industries. To encourage careers in engineering, we are committed to engaging...
Meeting the Engineering Challenges of Autonomous Vehicles: A Steel E-Motive Student Engagement – Side Door Functionality and Door Hinge Assessment
As an organization focused on advancing the advantages of steel to the automotive and future mobility industries, WorldAutoSteel is committed to engaging with future engineers at universities and...
Steel E-Motive Addresses Autonomous Vehicle Safety Challenges
As robotaxi companies in the USA prepare to launch their autonomous vehicles in more cities, safety is in the spotlight again. And rightly so. Autonomous vehicle safety challenges must be addressed...