The pressing need for reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles in a number of industrialized nations has bolstered the demand for reducing the vehicular weight. Plastics have been popularly used in various automobile parts, interior as well as exterior, as substitutes for metals to significantly reduce the weight and mitigate the adverse environmental impact. The growing use of plastic composites and hybrids in electric vehicles will lead to interesting avenues in the automotive industry world ... Read more

The pressing need for reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles in a number of industrialized nations has bolstered the demand for reducing the vehicular weight. Plastics have been popularly used in various automobile parts, interior as well as exterior, as substitutes for metals to significantly reduce the weight and mitigate the adverse environmental impact. The growing use of plastic composites and hybrids in electric vehicles will lead to interesting avenues in the automotive industry world ... Read more