How has aluminum wire industry benefitted with the production of more and more EV’s?

The major concern with the exponentially increasing population specially in countries like India, is the concurrently increasing pollution. They seem to go hand in hand. As people will not stop driving vehicles or buying new ones from the market. How the companies or other manufacturing units involved in the making of a vehicle can contribute their share in saving the environment?

The answer to this question is switching from fueled vehicles to electric ones. And many have already started walking through this path and have benefitted tremendously. Many of the big giants of the automobile industry have jumped in to produce electric or more popularly called hybrid vehicles. Now with the increase in the running of electric cars, usage of copper wires in these vehicles is getting obsolete due to some reasons wherein aluminum wires win the race and has become the solitary choice for the electric cars manufacturers. Due to some very particular characteristics of aluminum wire which makes it suitable to be used in electric cars. The most luring advantages with using aluminum wires is its’ being so light weight as well as less expensive when compared to the conventional connectors i.e. copper wires.

But before replacing copper wires completely by aluminum wires, there are some shortcomings which need to be first overcome. The very first one is the squirming behavior of aluminum at high temperatures. Most of the alloys of aluminum do not begin to melt at a definite temperature, rather they have a range of temperature in which they start melting due to which other good properties of aluminum are a little bit compromised as well at elevated temperatures. The amount of strength reduction increases aggressively. Also the electrochemical potential between a copper and aluminum cable is very prone to corrosion. But scientists are desperately working on this to make the best use of aluminum wire. And it seems that the creep behavior of aluminum at high temperatures turns out to be a stabilizing factor. The mechanical stability of the plug assures for a long term contact force.

The pliability of aluminum wires makes it best suited for times where bending is based on the radius. The emissivity of aluminum which is lower than as compared to carbon steels that contributes to the ability of aluminum to heat up slowly in the early stages of fire which in return gives more time for the people to escape.

One of the very noteworthy physical property of aluminum is its’ being a very good sound and shock absorber. Auto makers are vastly making use of this property to integrate the front and rear end shields in the cars. The non-sparking parameter of aluminum when they come in contact with itself or other non-ferrous materials makes it more commodious in the automobile industry.

As aluminum comprises excellent heat conductivity, helps is improving the braking efficiency of the vehicles. Due to great heat conductivity, the heat generated by putting in the brakes is quickly dispersed. This will also make it more wear resistant.

The 100 percent recyclability of aluminum qualifies it to be more cost friendly resource in terms of production costs. All these qualities when put together has made aluminum not an alternative, in fact mandatory for the electric vehicles industry. According to the reports, aluminum will lead to 50 percent total vehicle mass reduction.

This shift towards EV’s is unstoppable, hence the trust on aluminum will be keep on thriving in the future with the hope of more and more new advancements to how we can absolutely make use of the inherent qualities of aluminum to meet the demands.