Günter Deinzer

Automobiler Leichtbau unter Einbezug des gesamten Lebenszyklus

Moderne Leichtbauweisen sind eine der Schlusseltechnologien fur eine effiziente und zukunftsfahige Mobilitat. Neben der Erfullung aller technischen Anforderungen hat sich die Volkswagen AG zum Ziel gesetzt, auch die Umweltvertraglichkeit ihrer Produkte kontinuierlich zu verbessern. Dies erfolgt fruhzeitig im Entwicklungsprozess stets unter Einbezug des gesamten Lebenswegs. Die Okobilanz nach ISO 14040/44 ermoglicht es, die Umweltvertraglichkeit quantitativ zu bewerten und die Entscheidungsfindung zu unterstutzen.

An integrated life cycle approach to lightweight automotive design

Modern lightweight design techniques are one of the key technologies in the development of efficient and sustainable mobility solutions. Volkswagen AG aims to ensure that as well as meeting all the necessary technical requirements, its products also deliver continuously improved environmental performance. Right from the start of the development process, these efforts are always focused on the full life cycle of the product. Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) based on ISO 14040/44 allow life cycle environmental impacts to be quantified, so that they can be taken into account in business decisions.

Multi-material bodies for battery-electric vehicles

Large-scale Production Processes The SMiLE project (System-Integrated Multi-Material Lightweight Design for E-Mobility, German: Systemintegrativer Multi material-Leichtbau für die Elektromobilität) aims at gaining a better understanding of the problems of multi-material design against a background of creating large-scale production processes for efficient lightweight design. The project centers on developing a new type of technology-oriented body concept using lightweight design to meet special electromobility requirements. Multi-material Design