Author: Anela Dokso

Aluminum is becoming an increasingly important decarbonization target for electric vehicle manufacturers because its production is energy intensive and the metal is used extensively in lightweight vehicle structures and battery related components. Mercedes Benz and Norwegian aluminum producer Hydro are now expanding their partnership to increase the use of recycled and low carbon aluminum across the automaker’s European supply chain, with the first step involving Hydro’s Hydro CIRCAL material in series production of Mercedes Benz’s next generation of large electric vehicles. The shift is significant because the new material contains at least 75 percent post consumer recycled aluminum, compared with…

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