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Material use - light vehicles in North America 2015

Weight of materials used in light vehicles in North America in 2015, by main material (in billion pounds)

The data describes the weight of selected material used in North American light vehicles in 2015. In that year, aluminum sheet contributed approx. 500 million pounds. It is expected that this figure will grow to 2.1 billion pounds by 2025.

Mild steel	7
High strength steel	5.1
Advanced high strength steel	2.6
Ultra high strength steel	1.7
Giga Pascal steel	1
Aluminum - sheet	0.5
Aluminum - cast	0.4

Material use - light vehicles in North America 2015

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