Steel materials are expected to account for almost 60 percent of materials used in the production of a typical passenger vehicle by 2025. HSS, mild steel, and advanced high strength steel sit at the top of the list of materials used.
Automotive material mix of a typical vehicle in 2025
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CAR - Center for Automotive Research. (October 7, 2019). Automotive material mix of a typical vehicle in 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270252/material-use-in-car-production/
CAR - Center for Automotive Research. "Automotive material mix of a typical vehicle in 2025." Chart. October 7, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270252/material-use-in-car-production/
CAR - Center for Automotive Research. (2019). Automotive material mix of a typical vehicle in 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270252/material-use-in-car-production/
CAR - Center for Automotive Research. "Automotive Material Mix of a Typical Vehicle in 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270252/material-use-in-car-production/
CAR - Center for Automotive Research, Automotive material mix of a typical vehicle in 2025 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270252/material-use-in-car-production/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Automotive material mix of a typical vehicle in 2025 [Graph], CAR - Center for Automotive Research, October 7, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/270252/material-use-in-car-production/