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Podcast: Technically Speaking | a science and engineering discussion
Episode: Can we make cars lighter?
Description: The battery in electric vehicles makes them much heavier than traditional vehicles. Laura and Jasmin discuss how steel car components can be made lighter to offset this increased weight, what implications that has for other industries, and whether this would make the steel industry more sustainable.Â
Fact check:
Some ways that steel car components are made lighter
Stats about the Nissan Leaf and how it compares to a similar spec car with an internal combustion engine
How steel makers can use maths to understand how the microstructure affects mechanical properties
Research using AI to predict mechanical p...