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Why Steel?

Steel is not only one of the strongest materials in the world today, it is the best automotive material in terms of its design flexibility, cost effectiveness, low emissions during manufacture, recyclability, affordability, and the list could go on.

Advanced High-Strength Steels are helping automotive engineers create efficient, environmentally responsible vehicles, today and long into the future of mobility.  Here’s why:

  • Steel is the right material for lightweighting vehicles.
  • Steel continues to reinvent itself to bring new, stronger, yet more formable products to the marketplace.
  • Steel is ever changing, ever improving, and will continue as the automotive material of choice as automakers face the future challenges of electrified powertrains, new ownership paradigms and autonomous driving.
  • Steel primary material manufacturing is the lowest emissions producer of all automotive structural materials and therefore can be an integral part of any OEM’s plan to reduce vehicle environmental footprint.

This section also houses information on some of the key attributes of steel in automotive backed by research that support these claims.  Yes, research. Everything we say is backed by objective third party research–and you can download the reports for free.  Steel has continually re-invented itself, engineering new grades and gauges ever since the dawn of the automobile, to keep up with the ever-changing challenges of producing safe, affordable, environmentally efficient transportation.  Browse the links to learn more.