UNITED STATES COUNCIL FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH LLC

Materials Tech Team

Welcome to the official Web page of the FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership's Materials Tech Team (MTT).

Mission
To develop materials and manufacturing technologies for high volume production of vehicles which enable/support the simultaneous attainment of:

50% reduction in the weight of vehicle structure and subsystems,
Affordability and
Increased use of recyclable/renewable materials.

Click here to view the MTT's technical roadmap.

Publications

2003 FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership Technical Accomplishments

2004 FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership Technical Accomplishments

2005 FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership Technical Accomplishments

2006 FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Highlights of Technical Accomplishments

2007 FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Highlights of Technical Accomplishments

2008 FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Highlights of Technical Accomplishments

FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership Plan

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R & D News Highlights

Power of Automotive Collaboration Brochure' is Published

USCAR recently published "Power of Automotive Collaboration," a document highlighting the successful technology advances and breakthroughs resulting from USCAR's collaboration with the U.S. Government. Through USCAR, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors continue to collaborate with the U.S. Government to [...] Read More

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Materials TLC

Automotive Composites Consortium

Automotive Metals Division

Auto/Steel Partnership

Materials Tech Team

Multi Materials Vehicle R&D Initiative

Non-Destructive Evaluation Steering Committee

U.S. Automotive Materials Partnership