3. High Level Market Drivers:
Automotive Megatrends
Connected
Car
Electrification
Driver
Assistance
Semiconductors
Sustainability
4. Driver Assistance Goals Impact to Material Adoption
Driver Assistance:
Bust or Boom for Lightweighting and New Materials?
• Fewer Collisions
– Repair or Replace Components
– Insurance Ratings Change
– Emergency Response Impact?
• Longer Vehicle Lifespans?
– Last mile delivery vehicles
– Subscription only offerings
– Over the air software updates
– Interior changes
• Durability
• Retrofits?
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• Less body repair needs may reduce the repair
requirement impact to material decisions
– +50% replacement rate for Rogue rear closure
• Longer engineering lifespan changes design
input and requirements
– Corrosion
– Fatigue
• Sensor interactions
– Readings through polymers
• Sensor works properly
• Sensor finds other vehicles
5. Current Market Conditions Main Drivers
Electrification:
Does Lightweighting Take a Back Seat?
• Recent Releases of BEV designs show intensive
3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steel
Usage throughout the vehicles’ body structures
– GMC Hummer
– Ford Mach-E
– Chevrolet Blazer SS
• Aluminum usage in newest BEV versus
competitor ICE
– Bock, Head, Transmission eMotor(s) + Tray
– Chassis components = more aluminum
• Watch segments of entry
• OEMs are seeking investor and regulatory
approval in the BEV race
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• Battery Energy Density of current offerings
– Single Cell Design
– Single Cell Purpose
– Emerging split purpose and design architectures
– Racing to higher voltages
• Cost structure of electrification
– Raw materials Sensitivity
• Significant focus on Lithium, Manganese, Cobalt Sourcing
• Regulatory Structures
– No fuel, no tax?
– No Test Weight Classes?
– “Zero Emissions”
• Scope 3 emissions risk
6. Sustainability & Supply Chain Regulatory Risks:
Scope 3 Emissions, EPR, new metrics for ASR?
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• Circularity of polymer
components and coatings in
focus
• Secondary market for polymer
components small
• Energy content similar to coal
• Chemical Plant feedstock
integration activities
• Recycling streams
• Harmonization of total carbon
accounting
• Well to wheel for raw materials
• Largely designed for supply chain
carbon emissions accounting
• Normalization of all regulatory
methodologies
• Raw and virgin materials in
regulatory crosshairs
• Energy intense material
production first targets of
improvement
• Consumer goods beyond mobility
within scope of proposals
• Largely a polymers focus for
consumer goods
• Focus on batteries
• Focus on end-of-life circularity
• Burden of recycling and proper
disposal shifts to the OEM
Automotive Shredder Residue
Scope 3 Emissions Extended Producer Responsibility
20. S&P Global Mobility 20
How much of a car does body-in-white represent?
• Interior
– Largely polymer/composite by volume
– Metal: Seat frames, IP beams and brackets
• Powertrain
– Significant source of aluminum castings
– Engines, Transmissions, Transfer Cases
– Engine + Trans eMotor(s) + Battery tray
• Chassis
– Mixed environment with significant cost
pressure on components (Al Cast Iron)
– Most Common Aluminum: Wheels, Cradles,
Uprights, Brake Calipers, Control Arms
21. S&P Global Mobility 21
Body-In-White Forecast: Data Structure
Component Name
Component
Position
Component
Weight
• A Pillar
• B Pillar
• C Pillar
• Hood
• Front Bumper Beam
• Rear Bumper Beam
• Front Door
• Rear Door
• Front Fender
• Rear Closure
• Rear Quarter Panel
• Rocker Panel
• Roof
• Shock Tower
• Bed
• Agg rBIW (Underbody)
• Inner
• Exposed
• Structural
• Estimated
Component
Weight (Kg.)
Vehicle Bodystyle
Material Group Material Type
Steel
• Mild (<300Mpa) • AHSS (550-779Mpa) • GigaPascal (1000+ Mpa)
• HSS (300-549Mpa) • UHSS (780-999Mpa) • Stainless
Aluminum
• 5xxx series • 6xxx series • 7xxx series
• 9xxx series • 3xx.x series • 9xx.x series
Composite
• SMC • Glass Fiber • Aluminum Laminated
• CFRP • Natural Fiber • Steel Laminated
Magnesium • Magnesium
Process Group Process Type
Stamped
• Cold Stamped • Tailor Welded • Bake Hardened
• Warm Formed • Hot Stamped • Press Hardened
Cast
• Low-pressure PM Cast • Die Cast • Squeeze Cast
• Vacuum PM Cast • High Pressure Die Cast
Roll Formed • Roll Formed • Tailor Welded • 3D Roll Formed
Extrusion
• Cold Extrusion • Friction Extrusion • Pultrusion
• Hot Extrusion • Micro Extrusion
Molded
• Resin Transfer • Injection • Compression
• Autoclave • Thixotropic molding • Hot Stamped
Note: components such as Rear Door, Roof, Bed and B/C Pillar depend on bodystyle
Note: manufacturing process identification is made on a best effort basis in the BIW forecast
30. Signposts to achieve meaningful growth in automotive
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• Good: Engineering Problem
– Direct solution
– Component improvement
– Component replacement
• Better: OEM Problem
– Tactical solution
– System integration
– Build improvement
– Logistical improvement
• Best: Consumer Problem
– Drive market share
– Add perceived value
– Strategic advantage
• Multi-factor benefit proposals
have the highest success rate
– Look for “and”
• Long term materials use is a
balancing act
– Evolutionary design process
• Scale and throughput
– Plant floor space
• Risk adverse environment
– Supply Chain
• Distance/Shipping
• Diversity/Redundancy
– Litigation
– Quality
• Focus:
– Market windage
– Material strengths
– Disruption
– Competitive advantage
• How does my solution perform in
comparison to emerging design?
• Avoid:
– Comparison to old design
– Hype driven marketing
• Do consumers want this?
– Overly-technical approach
• Does my target audience really
care about this level of minutia
and detail?
Solve a “real problem”
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