Dow Automotive Collaborates with Clemson Students to Support Lightweighting Goals
Following a successful partnership in 2014, Dow Automotive Systems reportedly is again collaborating on advanced technology and application ideas with students at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).
Each year, the CU-ICAR students work with an automotive manufacturer to develop a concept vehicle that achieves futuristic goals. Working collaboratively, students, multi-disciplinary faculty and participating industry partners like Dow Automotive Systems reportedly focus on producing a new vehicle prototype each year. This year’s version, the Deep Orange 5 vehicle, is focused on achieving personal urban mobility for mega-cities in 2020, and is targeted for marketing to generations Y and Z.