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New ArcelorMittal lightweight car door solutions; up to 34% weight savings over existing steel doors in medium-term

Green Car Congress

These steels are available now and are already being utilized in production vehicles today. This involves innovative steel grades which are currently under development such as Usibor 2000 for some non-visible parts and other AHSS for the outer panel in order to reduce the outer panel thickness to 0.5

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

See for yourself at www.epri-reports.org/ Vectrix - Awesome ZEV Maxi-Scooter Available Now The Vectrix made its debut in San Francsico. At a price, of course, but a state rebate of $2000 for Zero Emission Vehicles will apply. Using NiMH batteries, it provides the range and the zip missing from most electric scooters.

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