Voith

The common theme of late amongst the major luxury automakers is to form industry partnerships with experts in the field of advanced lightweight structures, with an aim to eventually build lighter cars that are still relatively safe in the quest for improved fuel economy. We’ve already seen BMW and Mercedes-Benz form respective partnerships with SGL Group and Toray, and even Lamborghini has teamed up with a university to open an advanced composite structures lab. Now Audi joins the fray with news that it's forming a partnership with fellow German company Voith in order to further...