Jaguar have reflected on the first full sales year of their XE model by revealing some impressive figures from the recycled aluminium scheme which contributes to much of the award-winning saloon’s construction.
The REALCAR project has reclaimed more than 50,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap during 2015/16, the manufacturer has announced. By segregating and reusing scrap aluminium in the production process for the Jaguar XE, the manufacturer claims to have prevented over half-a-million tonnes of CO2 equivalent from entering the atmosphere. Eleven press shops in the UK are included in the REALCAR project, re-melting scrap into recycled aluminium sheet for use in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles.
REALCAR project partner Novelis developed a new high-strength aluminium alloy containing a higher percentage of recycled material, with the Jaguar XE the first car in the world to use the new alloy in its construction. The recycled aluminium has since been introduced to the XF and F-PACE ranges.
Nick Rogers, Jaguar Land Rover Group Engineering Director, said: “We are driven by the desire to produce increasingly world-class, light-weight, vehicles, but we also want to be world leading in how we build them. Innovative projects such as REALCAR demonstrate our commitment to meeting our sustainability challenges head-on. Its success so far marks a significant step towards our goal of having up to 75% recycled aluminium content in our vehicle body structures by 2020.”
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