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.
