Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. announced plans to expand the use of Steel Reinforced High Voltage Advanced (AHSS-Advanced High Tensile Strength Steel) in over 25 percent of the parts of a vehicle (measured according to weight) used in the production new models. Nissan will use this steel reinforced starting in 2017, as one of the initiatives to help reduce vehicle weight.
Nissan has developed * 1 Steel Reinforced High Voltage Ultra high capacity to mold and with a resistance of 1.2 giga Pascals (GPa), which has been used in the new Infiniti Q50 model, which goes on sale in North America in 2013. Prior to the development of steel of 1.2 GPa, was difficult to use high tensile steel to create complex shaped parts for vehicles. Nissan remains the only automaker that uses Steel * 2 Ultra High Voltage of 1.2 GPa, with high moldability.
By adopting the active use of 1.2 GPa steel, which is a higher grade compared with various types of advanced high-tensile steel and strength, Nissan will increase the rate of adoption of AHSS up to 25 percent of the total weight of parts installed by vehicle. This effort will begin in 2017 and will seek to reduce the overall weight of Nissan cars by 15 percent of the conformation of the chassis frame.
Through an optimal combination of materials, the newly developed strength steel Ultra High Voltage of 1.2 GPa, provide better elongation in the vehicle and provides high strength and molded to steel sheets of lighter weight. These attributes allow complex shapes to be used for a vehicle, which had been difficult to produce using high tensile steel available until now. Automotive design combined with a high precision and with a welding process adjusted to the materials during the production process, the steel of 1.2 GPa can now be applied to the production of more parts of a vehicle.
Furthermore, using the steel reinforced high voltage of 1.2 GPa, Nissan take the lead in the materials used for the production of vehicles, and existing production lines can be used without major modifications. This result is a reduction in the total cost per vehicle.
Under the medium-term environmental plan Nissan Green Program 2016, the company will focus on reaching the 35 percent improvement in fuel economy compared to 2005 on the corporate average for all Nissan vehicles at the end of FY 2016. To that end, the extensive use of high tensile steel new generation, including the new 1.2 GPa, help to reduce overall vehicle weight and improve fuel economy.
By adopting the active use of 1.2 GPa steel, which is a higher grade compared with various types of advanced high-tensile steel and strength, Nissan will increase the rate of adoption of AHSS up to 25 percent of the total weight of parts installed by vehicle. This effort will begin in 2017 and will seek to reduce the overall weight of Nissan cars by 15 percent of the conformation of the chassis frame.
Through an optimal combination of materials, the newly developed strength steel Ultra High Voltage of 1.2 GPa, provide better elongation in the vehicle and provides high strength and molded to steel sheets of lighter weight. These attributes allow complex shapes to be used for a vehicle, which had been difficult to produce using high tensile steel available until now. Automotive design combined with a high precision and with a welding process adjusted to the materials during the production process, the steel of 1.2 GPa can now be applied to the production of more parts of a vehicle.
Furthermore, using the steel reinforced high voltage of 1.2 GPa, Nissan take the lead in the materials used for the production of vehicles, and existing production lines can be used without major modifications. This result is a reduction in the total cost per vehicle.
Under the medium-term environmental plan Nissan Green Program 2016, the company will focus on reaching the 35 percent improvement in fuel economy compared to 2005 on the corporate average for all Nissan vehicles at the end of FY 2016. To that end, the extensive use of high tensile steel new generation, including the new 1.2 GPa, help to reduce overall vehicle weight and improve fuel economy.
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