AHSS Insights Blog
AHSS Corrosion Resistant Coatings
Many steel parts on a vehicle require corrosion protection, regardless of whether they are exposed or unexposed applications. The most common way to accomplish corrosion protection is to coat Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS) with zinc by means of a couple of...
AHSS Fundamentals in Forming and Joining
In this edition of AHSS Insights, George Coates and Menachem Kimchi get back to basics with important fundamentals in forming and joining AHSS. As the global steel industry continues its development of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS), including 3rd Gen products...
Emerging Methods Enable AHSS Forming: Active Binder Force Control
Forty years ago, the metal forming community needed to figure out how to stamp a new exotic family of steels making inroads into automotive body construction. These grades, called High Strength Low Alloy steels, were much stronger than the commonplace mild steels, and...
Battery Electric Vehicles – Boom or Bust for AHSS?
Several recent studies are forecasting that; “Within the next 10 to 15 years, urban transportation will be dominated by Electric and Automated vehicles”.B-50 Meaning most of us will be driving Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) in the not-distant future. In 2011, just...
A Look at the New EU Legislation for Cars and Vans
We’ve been monitoring the evolution of vehicle legislation in the world closely, advocating for life cycle thinking to be considered for the next generation of regulations. The European Union has been actively pursuing Post 2020 regulations, looking hard at CO2...
Future Mobility – From Moving Cars to Moving People
Here at WorldAutoSteel, we have been studying the changes in the automotive industry for several years, focusing particularly on ride sharing, autonomous, electric vehicles and steel's role in that marketplace. George Coates, Technical Director for WorldAutoSteel and...