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Automakers Investing Billions in U.S. Manufacturing

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Despite falling sales and mounting vehicle inventories, several automakers have recently announced plans to invest heavily in U.S. manufacturing.

Read here to learn which automotive corporations are expanding or modernizing and where they have made their investments: “New Factory Investments? Now? With Shift to Electric and SUVs, ‘There is Opportunity Out There'”

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Constellium to Probe U.S. Electric Vehicle Market

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Jean-Marc Germain, CEO of Constellium

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Dutch aluminum producer Constellium NV, formerly Alcan, explores technological and manufacturing shifts in the electric vehicle industry as part of its rapidly forming network in North America.

“For vehicles to carry electric batteries,” says CEO Jean-Mark Germain, “they will be designed with aluminum structures to hold them. And those structures must do more than traditional metal body structures. They must provide thermal transfer capabilities to keep the battery cool or keep it warm in cold weather. So the structure actually becomes part of the power source.”

Read more here, “EV Bodies: ‘Part of the power source'”, about plans for Constellium’s new Georgia plant to supply engineered aluminum body structures to several automakers in the Southeast.

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Toyota Eyes Aluminum

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Toyota CEO Jim Lentz discussed the car company’s planned expansion into aluminum car bodies. Speaking at the company’s R&D facility expansion where $154 million will be invested, Mr.Lentz went into some detail about where aluminum will first be used. New developments in high-strength steels were also discussed.

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