安赛乐米塔尔将发布新型高强度汽车用钢

 ArcelorMittal will launch a new high-strength automotive steel later this year, throwing down the gauntlet to its rivals in the race to make cars lighter¹.

安赛乐米塔尔(ArcelorMittal)将于今年晚些时候发布一款新型高强度汽车用钢，此举将在降低汽车重量的竞争中向对手发起挑战。

The world’s biggest steel producer by tonnage said that its new grade, called Usibor 2000, would be about one-third stronger than those currently available for carmaking.

这家全球产量最高的钢铁制造商表示，这款新型用钢被称为Usibor 2000，其强度将比现有的汽车用钢高出三分之一左右。

“It’s lightweight because the material is so strong that you need a lot less of it to achieve the same functionality,” said Greg Ludkovsky, head of research and development at ArcelorMittal.

安赛乐米塔尔研发部门总监格雷格?路德科夫斯基(Greg Ludkovsky)表示：“它有助于减重，因为这种材料强度非常高，要实现同样的功能需要更少的用钢。”

Tightening² regulations on exhaust emissions³ in the fight against climate change are forcing automakers to improve their fleets’ average fuel efficiency. Alongside improvements in internal combustion⁴ engine technology and developments in electric vehicles, one of the main ways is by reducing mass.

在应对气候变化的努力中，针对尾气排放的监管力度加大，这正迫使汽车制造商提高汽车的平均燃油效率。除了内燃机技术的改进和电动汽车的发展，主要的方法之一是降低汽车重量。

While steel remains⁵ the material of choice in automotive, there is increasing competition from other substrates, such as aluminium⁶ and plastic composites, which can offer weight advantages.

尽管钢材仍是汽车的首选材料，但它正面临其他板材日益激烈的竞争，例如具备重量优势的铝塑复合板。

This was illustrated⁷ when Ford⁸ switched to aluminium for the body of its 2015 F-150 pickup⁹ truck, the best-selling vehicle in the US for more than three decades.

福特(Ford) 2015款F-150皮卡改用全铝车身就表明了这点，这款车型是30多年来美国最畅销的。

ArcelorMittal said that for applications requiring complex shapes, its Usibor 2000 product would bring potential weight saving of up 10 per cent on the previous best steel grade. It is more than three times stronger than leading automotive aluminium alloys¹⁰, according to the company. Launch is expected by the end of this year in Europe and mid-2017 in the US.

安赛乐米塔尔表示，对于构造复杂的形状，其Usibor 2000产品将令部件重量潜在比以前最好的钢材品级减少10%。据该公司称，这种品级用钢的强度是领先汽车用铝合金的3倍多。预计这款产品将于今年底在欧洲发布，2017年年中在美国发布。

1 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

2 tightening   

上紧，固定，紧密

参考例句：

• Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前，检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
• It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。

3 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

4 combustion   

n.燃烧；氧化；骚动

参考例句：

• We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
• The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 aluminium   

n.铝 (=aluminum)

参考例句：

• Aluminium looks heavy but actually it is very light.铝看起来很重，实际上却很轻。
• If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel.如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。

7 illustrated   

adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
• The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。

8 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

9 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

10 alloys   

n.合金( alloy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This is essentially a development of thoria dispersion strengthened nickel alloys. 这基本上是用二氧化钍弥散强度化的镍基合金。 来自辞典例句
• The lack of deep hardening in these alloys negates their use. 这些合金缺乏深层硬化能力使它们无法利用。 来自辞典例句