WHY STEEL FOR AUTOMOTIVE?
REDUCTION OF
EMISSIONS IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Reducing emissions in the automotive industry
123,4g CO2/km Average amount of CO2 produced by the exhaust gases in Europe
130g CO2/km
Permissible emission production for
2015
95g CO2/km
Permissible emission production for
2021
Saving of 1g CO2/km
In the reduction of vehicle weight by
-12kg
LIGHT-WEIGHT
HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL
For safer vehicles and lower
emissions.
Steel is a versatile, fully recyclable and
sustainable material. This material is used in vehicles due to its
mechanical properties, efficiency and price affordability.
SAFETY FIRST
The higher standards of road
safety are key in developing designs for the automotive industry.
High-strength steel is a versatile material for the manufacturing of lightweight structural
components of vehicles, as it is characterized by high mechanical resistance, better energy
absorption in collisions, and increased fatigue resistance.
Thanks to the active cooperation with car manufacturers, we are involved in integrating
innovations in the automotive industry. Privileged cooperation aims to meet the growing
demand for safer, lighter and more environmentally friendly vehicles, with a gradual
reduction of emissions and energy consumption throughout the life cycle of the vehicle.
The light-weight steel structures REDUCE VEHICLE
WEIGHT, while maintaining high security standards.
Steel is also suitable for the manufacturing of SAFETY PARTS,
STIFFENERS, BEAMS, DISKS AND BRAKES.
U.S. Steel Košice provides a wide range of steel for variable applications in the automotive
industry, such as sheets of structural grades for the supporting parts of components and
bent profiles; sheets of structural micro-alloyed grades for dynamically stressed parts of
vehicles; hot dip galvanized sheets of drawn grades for automobile parts; various other
types of coated steel, and the electrical steel.
U.S. Steel Košice produces steel in compliance with EN ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 49 169 for
automotive industry.
REDUCING THE PRODUCTION OF CO2
The automotive industry is facing increasing pressure from the European Union aimed at
reducing emissions and the impact on the environment; any demands on the production of
exhaust gases are, therefore, becoming stricter by the applied legislation.
In order to realize the desired objectives, the production of vehicles is constantly being
streamlined. A responsible attitude can ensure emission reductions, thus approaching to the
values set in advance.
The use of light-weight steel structures reduces the weight of the vehicles, thereby
reducing the CO2 production, too. Due to the high strength of steel, all the required
mechanical properties are preserved, even at small material thicknesses - saving raw
materials, without any negative impact on quality and safety.
REDUCED
VEHICLE WEIGHT
by 12kg = saving 1g CO2/km
WEIGHT OF
WHEELS LOWER BY 10 – 15%
in trucks using high-strength steel
REDUCED AMOUNT
OF GREENHOUSE GASES
Laser-weldable sheets (blanks) – weight of the vehicle
structure reduced BY 50%
LESS MATERIAL
CONSUMPTION
– Sustainable production and cost savings
Automotive Industry - Drive for the European Economy
Steel is one of the most widely used materials in the production of passenger and commercial vehicles for properties, such as strength, ductility, durability, and recyclability. Affordability of material is also important for automotive manufacturers.
High-strength steel and new technologies allow to produce lightweight automotive structures, thereby reducing the amount of material used.
Reduced vehicle weight has a positive impact not only on the production of CO2, but also on cost reduction, thus increasing both, the availability of vehicles and consumer demand. Due to increasing demand, the automotive industry turnover accounts for 6.3% of GDP in Europe.
The European automotive industry is a strategic industry in terms of generating domestic revenue, government revenues from taxes, and export earnings.
The automotive sector has a positive impact on employment, supply chain, and business services. It promotes mobility and access to goods. Trucks and lorries transport as much as 18 billion tons of products to customers per year.
The automotive industry also provides public services, such as mail delivery, garbage collection, and operation of security and rescue forces.
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More than 287 million cars on Europe's roads
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Automotive industry takes 6.3% of GDP Europe
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Export revenues of 95.1 billion Euros
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15 million passenger cars produced in Europe per year (72.3 million worldwide)
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12.1 million people working in the automotive industry in Europe (2.3 million people in highly skilled positions)
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Revenues from taxes and levies amount to 396 billion Euros in 14 European countries
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Truck transportation provides for 75% of the total freight transported
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Goods transported in the quantity of 18 billion tons/year
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53% of all registered vehicles have diesel engines
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Cars with alternative fuels account for 2.7%
INNOVATIONS FOR THE VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE
U.S. Steel Košice, in cooperation with the U. S. Steel North America R&D CENTER, are involved in the development of innovative solutions to improve steel products for the automotive industry.
We support and help to meet the growing demand from our trading partners on the quality steel, high-strength steels for lighter steel structures and safer vehicles, as well as requirements for lower production of CO2 emissions and cleaner,
more environmentally friendly and sustainable production. The optimization of the production processes and products leads to the reduction in consumption of energy, raw materials and water, thereby reducing the environmental footprint and production cost.
Car manufacturers support the implementation of the comprehensive EU strategy on raw materials, and help to achieve the maximum values of CO2 set for the exhaust gases.
Continuous research allows for streamlining production by utilizing
lighter steel and applying new, financially cost-effective sheet surface treatments and
coatings in order to improve material properties (e.g. resistance to corrosion), and
extend the life of the product.
The challenge is to overcome the margin of safety, when smaller amounts
of high-grade steel in lightweight automotive designs can absorb impact energy at least
as effectively as when using structural parts made of the thick, heavier material.
The future is, therefore, in lighweight vehicles.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES
The production of electric vehicles, parallel to the standard versions of the vehicles, is the challenge for the automotive industry, without significantly increasing costs and raising additional weight of the vehicles, as it is the battery itself that greatly influences the weight of the vehicle.
€41.3
BILLION = investments in the automotive sector to
research and development
IMPROVING THE
ENERGY INTENSITY of production
6,000 NEW
PATENTS granted in 2014
REDUCING CO2
PRODUCTION within the production and operation
throughout the lifecycle of the vehicle
Research on more efficient fuel combustion
FOR THE
VEHICLE TO BE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
SPEEDING up
INNOVATIONS in the
automotive industry
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Slovak Republic
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