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Posco Develops Steel Bodies for Electric Vehicles
03/26/2012 - Posco started development of its PBC-EV (Posco Body Concept-Electric Vehicle) in 2010 to generate profit from high value-added products. The concept employs at least 40% more high-quality steel than traditional automobile bodies.
Posco started development of its PBC-EV (Posco Body Concept-Electric Vehicle) in 2010 to generate profit from high value-added products. Designed to use at least 40% more high-quality steel than traditional automobile bodies, the PBC-EV is claimed to be 25% lighter than previous vehicle bodies and to satisfy all international collision safety regulation standards.
The PBC-EV uses hot press forming, which increases strength, and multi-directional roll forming, which allows changes in length of the sectional area. Posco says that manufacturing methods similar to those used for traditional automobiles are applied, requiring no changes in existing production lines.
Posco recently announced the electric-vehicle steel body development results at the Incheon Songdo Global R&D Center. Approximately 200 Posco members including CEO Chung Joonyang and leading automobile company officers and employees attended the event.
CEO Chung Joonyang said, “The electric-vehicle steel body PBC-EV developed by Posco is the result of the efforts of environment friendly green growth, and mutual growth with clients. Posco’s cutting-edge steel materials and future technology will be brought together to greatly contribute to the commercialization of electric vehicles.”
The PBC-EV uses hot press forming, which increases strength, and multi-directional roll forming, which allows changes in length of the sectional area. Posco says that manufacturing methods similar to those used for traditional automobiles are applied, requiring no changes in existing production lines.
Posco recently announced the electric-vehicle steel body development results at the Incheon Songdo Global R&D Center. Approximately 200 Posco members including CEO Chung Joonyang and leading automobile company officers and employees attended the event.
CEO Chung Joonyang said, “The electric-vehicle steel body PBC-EV developed by Posco is the result of the efforts of environment friendly green growth, and mutual growth with clients. Posco’s cutting-edge steel materials and future technology will be brought together to greatly contribute to the commercialization of electric vehicles.”
