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Autoline This Week #1718: Lightweighting

Autoline This Week #1718: Lightweighting

FromAutoline This Week - Video


Autoline This Week #1718: Lightweighting

FromAutoline This Week - Video

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Everybody in the auto industry is looking to lose weight these days. With CAFE requirements creeping ever closer, all manufacturers want to improve their miles per gallon average. And the best way to do that is by lightweighting – finding lighter materials that are just as safe to use in production. And since everyone is doing it, John McElroy has put together the perfect panel to touch on the topic. Joining him is Carla Bailo the head of R and D for Nissan Americas, the CEO of CSP Plastics Frank Macher and Rose Ryntz from International Automotive Components.
Released:
May 24, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Autoline This Week is the first stop for auto executives, insiders and consumers looking for the latest automotive news. Each week John McElroy, one of the deans of the Detroit automotive press corp, brings his expertise and analysis to the issues and interviews driving the automotive world. He moderates a panel of automotive journalists as they discuss the week’s news and interview top industry newsmakers