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Ford aims to Boost Fuel Effeciency with Lightweighting


by Waqar Ahmad - Sunday, June 14, 2015, 4:55 PM

A toolbox article brings to light Ford's new plans to dramatically decrease the weight of its
vehicles to achieve increased efficiency as well as safety. Their goal is to decrease the weight of
each of their vehicles in their lineup by 10% to achieve an increase in fuel economy by 3 to 4%.
By implementing carbon fiber bits as well as light weight aluminum and steel composites,
they're able to gain significant momentum in the fight to decrease rotational mass. This
combination of efforts by the Ford Motor Company are sure to bring them on the map with not
only efficient vehicles but some that are also at the forefront of technological pioneering. The
Ford F-150 has already seen this 10% weight decrease by replacing parts with extensive
aluminum and have brought weight down from 5,500 pounds to 4,800 pounds.
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by DEEPAK ABHISHEK - Monday, June 15, 2015, 12:47 PM

On component ranging from body panels and connecting rods to radiator brackets and brake
rotors, Ford is employing carbon fiber, aluminium, magnesium and a healthy dose of highstrength steels, as well. Ford said it is using aluminium alloys on the trucks cab , hood , floor,
doors, fenders, tailgate, front end, pickup box, and numerous other parts also an advanced
high-strength steels in the frame.
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by Waqar Ahmad - Sunday, July 5, 2015, 3:31 PM

This is correct Deepak, I remember reading this somewhere as well! I'm looking forward to this
technology being implemented in 100% electric vehicles that are to become more and more
popular in the coming days. I think it'll increase the ranges significantly!
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by Nagarajan Gopalakrishnan - Monday, June 22, 2015, 8:29 PM

Although it is said that lightweighting of car can be something worth being thankful for, it has
some different downsides which I could observe. First of all, I feel there might be a crash
security in other words the car can be less protected in case of an accident due to the materials
and also light weight means easy vulnerability to natural disasters and other emergency
situations. Secondly, I am afraid that the cost would be really high more than the affordable
range as composite materials are harder to produce and so company would eventually try to
hike the price of the car. Subsequently another flaw which strikes me is that a minor accident in
turn would lead to more lavish repair charges compared to the normal steel cars. Thereby
maintenance and protection would give it a shot in such cases. So, I would like to conclude that
people who are delicate users of car can go for it but still environmental mishaps is a huge
question mark?
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by Waqar Ahmad - Sunday, July 5, 2015, 3:34 PM

Hey Nagarajan, I felt this concern as well. I mean, there has to be some outcome of light weight
materials. Carbon fibre for example, after doing some research I came to find that although
many time stronger and lighter than other materials used to build cars (Aluminum, Steel etc..) ,
carbon fibre has a glass like quality in which it is strong but very brittle, and once reached its
tensil limits in essence delivers a shattering, immediate fail type of result rather than the bending
characteristics of steel and aluminum. These bending qualities could be the difference between
being trapped inside a car, or carbon fibre that will just shatter and expose the victim to the car
for example that came and hit them in the case of an accident! Either way, I think they should
further develop these for safety as well as light weight technologies. I agree with you it being a
huge question mark.
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by Waqar Ahmad - Sunday, June 28, 2015, 2:33 PM

Boosting fuel efficiency through lightweight materials is probably the most cost-effective as well
as pro-result method of increasing fuel efficiency. As an avid car enthusiast myself, I can relate
to this directly because the lighter a vehicle is, respective from it's engines power output, can
lead to a quicker vehicle with higher performance. Now if we take this concept and apply it to a
vehicle who's engine is designed primarily not to output ridiculous amounts of horsepower, but
rather to run as efficiently as possible, the lightweight aspect of the car will not only increase it's
fuel efficiency, but also dramatically increase it's power to weight ratio. 5500 pounds coming
down to 4800 pounds is an a significant drop in weight, a staggering 12% at 700 pounds drop
from it's original weight from the F150 truck of last year.
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by Gilles Polla - Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 9:17 AM

It is absolutely remarkable! The motion of the cylinders caused gas consumption. All the
motions (piston and others) are possible because of the rotating cam. Now depending of the
weight of a car, that rotation varies. More the weight of a car will increase, more the cam's
rotation will decrease, and therefore the movement of the cylinders will be compensate by
increasing the number of rotation so that the engine will move. The result is a high gas
consumption. That is why heavy and 4 wheels drive consume more gas than any conventional
car. FORD just made a great revolution in automotive field by applying this basic physical
principle. However they should be aware of the existing risk, safety. A lightweight car in motion
loses its dynamic stability.
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by Nnaemeka Onunkwo - Saturday, July 4, 2015, 11:24 PM

Boosting Fuel efficiency with lightweight cars make sense if it works for Ford and personally i do
not like the type of cars Fold makes but i am liking this idea of light weight cars but i honestly will
consider the negative effect with includes but are not limited to accident prone, loss of balance
no matter how they look at it and which may eventually result to loss of life. But on the other
hand, i think that with proper design and actual implementation of the design, they may be able
to come up with a stable light weight car that can possess every quality required for maximum
production.
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by Waqar Ahmad - Sunday, July 5, 2015, 3:39 PM

Great Point Gilles. Cars also implement light weight flywheels and carbon fiber drive shafts to
further decrease the rotational mass attached to the engine, increasing both power delivery as
well as engine efficiency.
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The hydrogen BMW i8 is pure evil


by Liyuan Luo - Sunday, July 5, 2015, 2:11 PM

It is an amazing design. The hydrogen fuel cell vehicle can help BMW run in an ideal condition
and also to protect environment. Since i8 is built in 2012 with collaboration with Toyota it was a
little off the pace. According to the news we expect more and more cars will use the hydrogen
fuel-cell system in the future to protect and environment and prevent the air pollution.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/bmw-i8-hydrogen-fuel-cell-experimental-vehicle-2015-0702

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Re: The hydrogen BMW i8 is pure evil


by Waqar Ahmad - Sunday, July 5, 2015, 3:52 PM

Hi Liyuan.As an automotive enthusiast myself, I found this article to be of particular interest. I


must admit, a 300 mile range, 0-60 time of 6 seconds, and under 5 seconds for refueling, all
with zero emissions? It seems like the best of both worlds is finally here. The Tesla came pretty
close to this with its electric car, but I think the hydrogen fuel cell powered drive train in this i8
test mule is no mule after all. I think Hydrogen fuel cell technology (soon to be released to the
public by Toyota as first to market it seems) will prove to be a success and we can finally say
goodbye to the gas guzzling cars that destroy our atmosphere. Thanks for sharing!

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