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Building electric vehicles in high volumes presents challenges but this also drives innovation as OEMs and suppliers ramp-up production. In this Livestream our experts discussed materials, vehicle platform design and development, and manufacturing, sharing insights into challenges, solutions and future opportunities. We discussed trends around materials choices, EV architectures, battery cell and motor packaging, and production processes and technologies.

This session explored the benefits and compromises of platform flexibility versus production efficiency. We also considered the demand for a shortened time-to-market in development projects and how this is being achieved, plus new manufacturing innovations in vehicle architectures such as additive manufacturing and ‘giga-casting and stamping’ of body structures.

Key topics discussed included:

• Platform choices: Creating flexible platforms to meet different segment requirements
• Forming/Joining: Giga-casting and stamping – joining solutions
• Materials: New steel and aluminium grades – modelling material performance – multi-material structures 

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At ArcelorMittal, our goal is to help build a better world with smarter steels. Steels made using innovative processes which are more efficient, use less energy, and emit significantly less carbon. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century.

We foster this culture of innovation by putting research and development at the heart of our operations. We have some of the best and brightest people in the business – engineers who work for us because they get to tackle the most complex of problems.

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