An Advanced Technological Lightweighted Solution for a Body in White
Author/s
Cischino, Elena; Di Paolo, Francesca; Mangino, Enrico; Pullini, Daniele; Elizetxea, Cristina; [et al.]Date
2016Keywords
Lightweight
Electric vehicle
Aluminium processing
Composite
Design
Body in White
Abstract
Funded by the EC FP7 Program, EVolution project is using the Pininfarina Nido concept car as a baseline for its activities, with the goal to demonstrate the sustainable production of a full electric 600 kg vehicle (FEV). The project has to be finalized by the end of 2016. The existing Body in White (BiW) has been completely reviewed through a design strategy aiming to reduce the number of parts and using innovative lightweight materials and technologies. The considered Al technologies applied on high performances Al alloys provide the opportunities to obtain components with complex geometries and low thickness, merging different parts into one unique element. Besides, it is possible to process a variable thickness element with a single operation.
A “green sand mold” technique allows co-casted joints among elements produced with different Al manufacturing processes.
The potential cost reduction and process simplification in terms of time and assembly are promising: current state-o ...
Type
conference output