Copperweld bimetallic wire has many advantages over solid copper, particularly in automotive applications.

Our copper-clad aluminum (CCA) and steel (CCS) wire is carefully designed to minimize breakage, while it offers more feet per pound than pure copper. Because it is made of a minimal amount of copper for conductivity over lightweight aluminum or strong tensile steel, it ouperforms pure copper while being easier to install.

With the price of copper on a non-stop climb, automotive applications can be particularly costly. The wiring and components that regulate every system of the average automobile contain more than 45 pounds of copper, with 1,500 individual wires totalling over half a mile in length. These are currently, for the most part, pure copper wire, which drives up auto prices.

It is worthy of note that the use of bimetallic wire does not sacrifice the performance of automobile components: on the contrary, the strength and flexibility of CCA and CCS wire make bimetallics so attractive that the power of two seems a natural solution to the ever-increasing price of copper.