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Cars & Transportation
From bumper to bumper, plastics are helping to drive advancements in fuel efficiency, safety and design in just about every mode of transportation. Did you know that plastics make up more than 50% of the volume of material in today’s vehicles? Modern plastics are making cars stronger, safer and more fuel efficient. Next time you notice a cool feature in any vehicle, chances are that plastics are making it possible.
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Read MoreBMW Showcases Innovative Dashboard That Improves Fuel Efficiency
Submitted on Mar 22, 2010
A tailor-made long glass fibre polypropylene (LGF-PP), is behind BMW’s new 20% lighter, single material dashboard for its 7 Series models.
Category: Cars & Transportation
Plastics Make It PossibleSM Teams with Auto Alliance to Highlight Innovation in Cars and Trucks
Submitted on Mar 22, 2010
Plastics Make It PossibleSM, an initiative of the plastic industries of the American Chemistry Council, has teamed with Auto Alliance to showcase how plastics and composite materials help make cars and trucks lighter and more fuel efficient, yielding significant benefits for the environment. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) la [...]
Category: Cars & Transportation
Porsche Reveals New Concept Car
Submitted on Mar 15, 2010
The hybrid electric car stays light thanks to the help of carbon-fiber plastics.
Category: Cars & Transportation
Getting There on Plastic Bridges and Roads
Submitted on Mar 15, 2010
Who knew that recycled plastics from automobile bumpers and milk jugs could make a bridge strong enough to support a 70-ton tank? Constructed from more than one million recycled milk jugs (170,000 pounds in total) and scrap plastic from automotive bumpers, the 17 foot, fiberglass-reinforced bridge was installed in the autumn of 2008 near Fort Bragg, [...]
Category: Cars & Transportation
Automakers Find that Recycled Materials Help Make Better Vehicles
Submitted on Feb 12, 2010
Manufacturers and designers are using more recycled materials than bio materials in the latest models.
Category: Cars & Transportation
Tai Shan Travels Safely and Comfortably Thanks to Plastic
Submitted on Feb 4, 2010
As Tai Shan makes his way back to China, he’ll travel safely in a crate made of plastic and steel with plexiglass windows that will let him see his travel companions as they make the trip.
Category: Cars & Transportation
Plastics Drive Hybrid Innovation
Submitted on Jan 25, 2010
How plastics continue to play a major role in advancing hybrid technology and vehicles.
Category: Cars & Transportation • Eco Solutions
Bioplastic to Play Big Part in Toyota’s New Model
Submitted on Jan 25, 2010
Toyota has adopted DuPont Sorona renewably sourced polymer as material for the ceiling surface skin, sun visor and pillar garnish of its new SAI model.
Category: Cars & Transportation • Eco Solutions
Formula 3 Racing Car Made Entirely Out of Recyclables & Vegetable By-Products
Submitted on Jan 20, 2010
Biomaterials researchers build a Formula 3 racing car from recyclables and compostable materials that has been clocked at 238 kilometers per hour.
Category: Cars & Transportation • Eco Solutions
