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Aug 7, 2015

ALUMINIUM TRUCKS * USA: By GM's too

* Michigan - Chevy's gonna start making aluminum trucks

-- So after a whole ad campaign crapping on Ford’s aluminum F-150, sources say GM’s planning “significant model changes” on the Chevy Silverado, Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade for 2018 including more use of aluminum and lightweight steel. You can’t make this stuff up... GM is said to be spending $877 million to retool their Flint, Michigan factory... Reuters’ Joseph White writes; “People familiar with the company’s plans say GM’s next-generation pickups and SUVs will make use of various materials, including aluminum and lightweight steel, to shed weight and gain fuel efficiency to meet tougher federal standards” ... The trucks have to get lighter, or sleekier, or get more gears. Or maybe all three and more, I don’t know, I’m not an engineer. But I do know aluminum is a lighter material to make vehicles out of than steel, Ford seems to have proven it’s just as safe as steel, and I don’t see how GM or Chrysler are going to get away from using it in their future trucks. Or should I say, using it more than they already do... We’ve seen some scary reports on repairability for the new aluminum-bodied F-150, it’ll be interesting to see how that goes for the next iteration of Chevy and GMC pickups... 
Detroit, MICH, USA - Truck Yeah/Jalopnik, by Andrew P Collins - 5 Aug 2015

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