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Magna demonstrates lightweighting expertise with ultralight door module
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nMagna demonstrates lightweighting expertise with ultralight door module\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nDETROIT, MI, Jan. 9, 2017\n\n\n\n\nTeam reimagined a door architecture from scratch \nUltralight design achieves 42.5-percent mass savings \nApplies to 70 percent of the light vehicle market\n\n\n\nDETROIT, MI, Jan. 9, 2017 /CNW/ - Magna International Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and partners FCA US and Grupo Antolin, announced it has developed a new, ultralight door architecture that achieves the project objective of 42.5 percent mass savings compared to an average current production door. Making the announcement at the 2017 North American International Auto Show, Magna and its project partners presented a solution to further help global automakers meet emissions standards and reduce fuel consumption through lightweighting.\n\n\n \n \n\n \nMagna's advanced engineering team – a collaborative effort between the company's corporate R&D and various product groups – combined its unique, full-vehicle perspective on the design of a driver's-side door with an inventive mix of materials and technology to tackle the challenge of significant weight reduction. This was developed in less than 10 months while keeping the cost within accepted industry parameters and providing a solution that applies to approximately 70 percent of the light vehicle market. \n\n\"The team started from scratch and reimagined the way we think about the design, development and material-use of a door architecture,\" said Swamy Kotagiri, Chief Technology Officer, Magna International. \"Building on our significant expertise in lightweighting from previous DOE projects, the team leveraged our broad product-development expertise and tackled this challenge in a cost-effective manner while meeting safety, durability and functionality requirements.\"\n\nMagna built on its know-how from the development of the Multi-Material Lightweight Vehicle (MMLV) with the DOE and Ford in 2014, and took it a step further in creating a...