Despite the increasing availability of tools and methods for sustainable and circular product
design (DfS), their uptake in practice is slow. This is also true in the automotive industry …

The development of automotive components with reduced greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions is needed to reduce overall vehicle emissions. Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) …

Environmental sustainability is a crucial topic in the mobility industry, where manufacturers
face severe legislative requirements to reduce cars' environmental impacts. To address this …

Lightweight design is a common approach to reduce energy demand in the use stage of
vehicles. The production of lightweight materials is usually associated with an increase in …

Recent years introduced process and material innovations in the design and manufacturing
of lightweight body parts for larger scale manufacturing. However, lightweight materials and …

This paper explores the intricate challenges that are impeding the widespread adoption of
Electric Vehicles (EVs) and explores the concerted efforts of the research community …

In the last decades, sustainability has become a critical issue for the vehicle industry. Today
automotive manufacturers are subjected to several government regulations aimed at making …

Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) are increasingly used in a variety of applications
demanding a unique combination of mechanical properties and lightweight characteristics …

This study seeks to provide guidance on how top-down greenhouse gas emission reduction
targets (GHG ERTs), deriving, for example, from corporate decarbonization strategies, can …

In this investigation, a novel Fe–Cr–Mo–V–Mn hot work tool steel powder was specifically
developed for laser-based additive manufacturing, targeting the possibility to create …