1. Total Vehicular Energy Use Management
Randall Scheps
Marketing Director, Alcoa Ground Transportation
Chairman, The Aluminum Association’s
Auto & Light Truck Group
www.autoaluminum.org
2. Aluminum Builds a Better Car
Mass Reduction Better Fuel Economy
Infinitely Reduced
Recyclable Emissions
Enhanced
Performance
Improved Safety
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3. Aluminum Helps Reduce CO2
• Aluminum already saving 300M = Billions of Metric Tons
12% of Global Emissions
metric tons of CO2 annually
• Bigger reductions possible
• Highly complimentary with
advanced drivetrains
700
GHG Emissions
650
Transport Savings
600
550 CO2 emissions from
500 aluminum industry
Mt CO2e
• Carbon neutral by 2025 450
400
350 Savings from
300 transport
250
200
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
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4. Aluminum Delivers Life Cycle CO2 Savings
• Most CO2 emissions occur in the
use phase
• Aluminum production represents
only 5% of the life cycle energy
• Each pound of aluminum
replacing steel saves 22.9 pounds
of CO2 net
• Cradle to cradle sustainable
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5. Ricardo Study: Aluminum Provides
Fuel Economy Benefits
Gasoline
15
13
% Fuel Economy Improvement
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9 Weight reduction & resizing 10% 6-7%
7
5
3
1
0 5 10 15 20 25
% Weight Reduction
Small Car - Resized Engine Mid Size Car - Resized Engine Small SUV - Resized Engine
Large SUV - Resized Engine Truck - Resized Engine Small Car - Baseline Engine
Mid Size Car - Baseline Engine Small SUV - Baseline Engine Large SUV - Baseline Engine
Truck - Baseline Engine
Source: Ricardo 5
6. Secondary Weight Savings Add Value
Mass and Cost Savings by Component
Secondary
Source: IBIS Associates 6
7. IBIS Study: Aluminum Adds Value to
Alternative Powertrains
Percent Increase in MPG Cost per 1 MPG Increase
60.0% $300
50.0% $250
40.0% $200
30.0% $150
20.0% $100
10.0% $50
0.0% $0
Baseline Diesel Hybrid Baseline Diesel Hybrid
Steel Body Aluminum Body Steel Body Aluminum Body
Source: IBIS Associates 7
8. Leading Experts Agree: Lightweighting
“Very Important” to Reach CAFE Levels
• 25% – Fuel economy improvement to come from weight
savings, as predicted by material experts and body
engineers
• 50% – Fuel economy improvement to come from weight
savings, as predicted by powertrain experts
• Lightweighting is the only option that improves safety and
fuel economy simultaneously
“We’ll need to spend more resources to develop lightweight structures
to boost fuel mileage – but we won’t necessarily need expensive and
exotic materials like carbon composites.”
-Gerhard Schmidt
Chief Technical Officer & Vice President
Ford Motor Company
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9. Aluminum vs. Other Materials
Strength Applications Stiffness Applications
900 120
800 Mild Steel Baseline
Composite 100
700
Aluminum offers
Performance vs. Cost
Performance vs. Cost
600 greater total weight 80 Aluminum offers the
save potential than highest weight save
500
steel 60 HSS
potential vs. other
400 Aluminum 7xxx Composite
metals
Aluminum 6xxx
300 40
HSS Aluminum 6xxx
200 Aluminum 7xxx
Mild Steel Baseline Mg 20
100 Mg
0 0
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
Weight Saved Weight Saved
Strength-Constrained Areas of the Body
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10. Aluminum’s Economics Tell Positive Story
Price Development
Aluminum vs. Steel
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6
LME / Steel
Aluminum vs. Steel Cost Ratio
Ratio
5
4
3
2
1
Source:
- Al: EAA LME 3 months
- Steel: MEPS
0 International 2008
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11. Auto Aluminum Use At All-Time High
North American Light Vehicle Aluminum
Content Continues to Climb
12%
10.4%
9.6%
10% 8.8%
8.6%
7.8%
8% 6.9%
6.1%
6% 5.1%
4.5%
3.9%
4%
2.0% 2.1%
2%
0%
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 2010F 2015F 2020F
Aluminum Share as Percentage of Curb Weight
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13. Aluminum Builds a Better Car
• Light
• Strong
• Safe
• Saves fuel and CO2
• Cradle to cradle sustainable
• Economic Audi TT
• Part of the solution
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14. Total Vehicular Energy Use Management
Randall Scheps
Marketing Director, Alcoa Ground Transportation
Chairman, The Aluminum Association’s
Auto & Light Truck Group
www.autoaluminum.org
