Engineers are flocking back to projects undertaken in the 1990's to revisit opportunities for saving weight in vehicles. Luxury cars have been introducing magnesium as a way to shave weight while others have used carbon fiber. The chance to re-engineer vehicles from the ground up with Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and full Electric Vehicles (EV) has led designers back to aluminum reinforced composites.
Areas where cast aluminum metal matrix composites can cost effective can include:
