WorldAutoSteel to Roll out New Autonomous Vehicle Concepts for MaaS

WorldAutoSteel has unveiled its plans for launching Steel E-Motive, its new vehicle concepts for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). The new autonomous vehicle concepts offer emissions reduction of up to 86%.

Steel E-Motive is designed to make autonomous ride sharing and ride hailing vehicles an affordable and sustainable reality – enabled by Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) products and technologies.

WorldAutoSteel will make its Steel E-Motive portfolio of materials and methods freely available to automotive manufacturers around the world to help them produce a new generation of efficient, economic and sustainable vehicles.

Drawn from a portfolio of 64 Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) grades, Steel E-Motive features seven AHSS structural innovations – including a battery pack structure that is 37% lighter than average. 

Steel E-Motive can be produced using existing global manufacturing and supply resources at attractive cost levels and profit margins, making it possible for production to start as soon as 2030.

WorldAutoSteel is the automotive group of the World Steel Association.

Cees ten Broek, Director, WorldAutoSteel, says: “We will be presenting a highly engineered vision of the future for Mobility as a Service. Our mission with Steel E-Motive is to provide a roadmap of innovations that will advance and enable the journey to zero emissions. Steel’s characteristics of strength, durability, and repairability align with the needs of these next generation ride sharing and ride hailing vehicles, while supporting optimal Total Cost of Ownership.”

WorldAutoSteel's 18 member companies supply most of the automotive steel around the world.