Tag Archives: Boron

Body Structure The 2019 Volvo S60 body structure uses Boron steel which accounts for 33 percent of the car’s body weight.  Previous models used this Boron steel in up to 10 percent of the construction of its cars. Safety Systems The ...

Audi knocked nearly 200 pounds off some versions of its popular Q5 by using higher-strength steels and some aluminum.

Extrication Training The 2015 Audi S1 Sportback body structure makes use of extensive amounts of high-strength (including ultra-high, hot-stamped) steels, as well as aluminum.  The mostly aluminum shell with hot stamped, high-strength steel forming floors and bulkhead is really nothing new ...

The 2015 Ford Transit is built with unibody construction. The Transit unibody is lightweight and also highly durable, engineered with high-strength and boron steel. Something to keep in mind is the seating capacity. The Transit “Wagon” seat 8  to 15-passenger ...

The 2014 Ford Fusion has an unique body structure.  We covered the 2013 Ford Fusion last year here, but felt the need to update the material on the Fusion.  The A-Pillar design stretches to the C-pillar and joins all 3 pillars ...

Here is an interesting fact. Seven percent of the safety cage in the original XC90 was made of hot-formed boron steel. The structure in the upcoming cars built on the new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) feature over 40 per cent hot-formed steel,

Where's the Boron, hot stamped, and UHSS? On BoronExtrication.com of course! Advanced Extrication posted a list of vehicles that have boron and we put our own twist on it below and linked the models to pages that show the body structure of each vehicle.

Here's a quick look at the 2013 Mercedes S-Class Body Structure.

The 2013 Ford Fusion uses hydroformed steel tubes for its B-pillars and a hydroformed A-pillar roof rail. So why is this important to us?

The 2013 Ford Focus is packed full of boron and other ultra-high strength steels. But, let’s take a look at the b-pillar and the material it is made from.