Lightening the Load to Meet Consumer and CAFE Standards
In a world where more and more emphasis is being placed on leaving fewer carbon footprints, fuel economy has become an important issue for auto manufacturers across the country. Not only are auto manu …
Hydroformed Parts Key to Meeting CAFE Standards
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards regulate the fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States. Rather than requiring minimum fuel efficiency standards for each vehicle, CAFE requires …
How Tube Hydroforming Can Help Cafe Standards?
CAFE Standards: The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (CAFE) standard enacted in 2014 imposes fuel efficiency and green house gas emission standards on the manufacturers of cars and medium a ...
2016 CAFE Standards: What the Near Future Holds
Beginning in 2011, automobile makers had to meet a set of government regulations that had sat in limbo for many years. For many, this was the biggest change in fuel-economy standards since the 1970s C ...
How the CAFE Standards Influence Engineering & Design
We were all taught about idealized cantilever beams in college. Little did we know then, that even the simplest of parts have their own histories, and are affected by things as se ...
How American Hydroformers Can Serve You
Who We Are American Hydroformers is a high pressure hydroforming company that began in 2003. Based in the heart of America, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, American Hydroformers specializes in the hydroform tube ...
CAFE Standards to Increase Fuel Savings
CAFE standard is not a recipe for an espresso macchiato - even if that is your favorite drink. It is, however, the industry standard for keeping your espresso macchiato affordable by producing lighter ...
CAFE standards 2014: How Hydroforming Can Help
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards were first enacted in by Congress in 1975, following the Arab Oil Embargo, as a way to improve the average fuel economy of the cars and light trucks -- ...