Automotive (Page 18)

Electric vehicles and consumer electronics depend on high-capacity, highly efficient batteries, and the demand continues to rise. Critical to producing these batteries is the successful welding of foil-to-tab joints which are often made of dissimilar materials with dissimilar thicknesses. This process is complicated, and the failure of a single joint will compromise an entire battery...

EWI welcomes Harley-Davidson, Inc., to corporate membership. The American motorcycle company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been manufacturing bikes, parts, and accessories since 1903.

Vehicle lightweighting and crash performance are key – and often conflicting – goals of the automotive industry. Generation III advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) offer both strength and formability in a lightweight material, making them ideal for use in current model cars. Circumferential cracking of spot welds, however, has been observed with Gen III AHSS. This...