Japanese company Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal has developed a super automotive steel that’s 25 percent stronger than the toughest high-tensile steel now on the market. It is also up to 30 percent ...

The combination of new safety standards and tougher emissions standards has left auto manufacturers between a rock and a hard place. NHTSA sets corporate average fuel economy standards, which regulate ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - JFE Holdings Inc, parent of Japan's second-biggest steelmaker, plans to spend more than 650 billion yen ($6 billion) over the next three years upgrading domestic production ...

Automakers are tweaking production processes to create a slew of new steels with just the right properties, allowing them to build cars that are both safer and more fuel-efficient. By John Johnson Jr.

Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal has developed an automotive steel sheet that is 20-30% lighter and 25% stronger than the toughest high-tensile steel now on the market, hoping to help carmakers build ...