Automotive Design and Production

MAY 2017

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www.ADandP.media The V90—like the XC90 and the S90— is built on the Volvo Scalable Product Architecture. Which uses an increased amount of steel, including hot-formed boron steel. 2017 VOLVO V90 The accompanying picture of the structure of the Volvo V90 is color-coded, based on material use. Gray is mild steel. Blue is high-strength steel. Yellow is very high-strength steel. Orange is extra high-strength steel. And red is ultra-high-strength steel. The green? Aluminum. The V90 is built on Volvo's Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). As is the S90. And the XC90. The XC90 is the first vehicle built on SPA. Volvo points out that the first-generation XC90 had a safety cage that used 7 percent hot-formed boron steel. But the second-generation XC90, like other SPA-based vehicles, goes much further: 40 percent boron steel. The objective, as always with Volvo, is to achieve superlative safety. But by using the steel, it is doing so without any penalties of mass. 2018 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE The all-new Traverse, depending on configuration, seats eight people. Which is probably the definition of "family vehicle." So safety is important. Certainly, Chevy is providing all manner of technology to help make the Traverse safe. Like front pedestrian braking, forward collision alert, low- and high-speed forward automatic braking, lane-keep assist. And more. It also has a body-in-white that's 100 percent steel. With three rows of seating, the Chevy Traverse can seat up to eight. 23 AD&P; ∕ MAY 2017 STEEL

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