Alumobility and Porsche Reveal Results of Joint Aluminum Lightweight Study: A Conversion of the Porsche Taycan Top Hat from Mixed Material to a Full Aluminum Design at the Car Body Xperience 2024 on April 23 in Rochester, MI, USA
ZURICH, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Together with Porsche, Alumobility, the global association committed to advancing the adoption of aluminum in the automotive industry, will present the results of a new joint study, entitled "Aluminum Lightweight Study: A Conversion of the Porsche Taycan Top Hat from Mixed Material to an Aluminum Design." The presentation will be featured as part of Automotive Circle's Car Body Xperience's electrification program on April 23rd at 11:45 am in Rochester, MI, USA.
- The presentation will be featured as part of Automotive Circle's Car Body Xperience's electrification program on April 23rd at 11:45 am in Rochester, MI, USA.
- Professor Mark White, Technical Director, Alumobility will join Jens Christlein, Director R&D Body in White, Dr. Ing.
- h.c. F. Porsche AG, DE to present the scope of the study and its results.
- The project further demonstrated that aluminum-intensive vehicles offer manufacturing efficiency opportunities by reducing the number of parts, joint types, and total joint count.