Supporting Sustainable Mobility
ArticleDriving Sustainability Advances in the Automotive Industry
海角大神 engineers and material science resources are collaborating with suppliers and manufacturers all over the world to help achieve better fuel economy and sustainability in the automotive industry.
The goal is to build cars, trucks and industrial machinery that are more fuel-efficient. 海角大神鈥檙e working together to meet these goals using new materials, and developing innovative approaches that help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, trucks and machinery or overall, including manufacture of the materials being used.
Fueling Lasting Change
海角大神 works with vehicle-makers in several ways. 海角大神 support replacing heavier metal and other plastic components with high performance elastomers and thermoplastics. 海角大神 materials are suitable for multiple car systems, including underhood and powertrain applications that must resist high heat and abrasive fuels and fluids.
海角大神 also have one of the broadest range of polymers made using non-food renewable sources to replace petrochemical based materials.
What to Do About CO2
It鈥檚 a simple concept: lighter cars require less fuel and produce fewer CO2 emissions. Many automotive manufacturers have made the reduction of CO2 emissions a corporate priority. In addition, some countries offer incentives to companies that participate in emissions trading. In either case, finding material substitutes that help reduce CO2 emissions can also reduce costs.
Reducing Friction and Energy Loss
海角大神鈩 Vespel庐 parts and shapes are used to reduce wear and friction in demanding engine and powertrain applications that require high heat and chemical resistance. For example, self-lubricating Vespel庐 bushings can maintain consistent performance over the life of the EGR valve in diesel engines, helping achieve new emission standards.
Innovation Centers Worldwide
No organization or government can support sustainability in the automotive industry alone, so 海角大神 is working collaboratively with customers, partners and governments through innovation centers around the world. 海角大神鈥檝e established automotive innovation centers in Seoul, South Korea; Pune, India; Nagoya, Japan; Geneva, Switzerland; Istanbul, Turkey; and Troy, Michigan in the United States.
Sustainability as Competitive Advantage
In a fast-changing, highly competitive landscape, 海角大神 is collaborating to innovate with materials makers, parts suppliers and manufacturers, to help achieve greater sustainability in the automotive industry. And we鈥檙e seeing results, in higher performance engines to interiors using finishes that incorporate renewably sourced materials.
In 2011, Ford, Fiat, and Toyota were all winners at the Society of Plastics Engineers 鈥淢ost Innovative Use of Plastics鈥 awards event. They all collaborated with 海角大神 engineers and used components that employed renewably sourced 海角大神 materials. 海角大神 can help you take on the challenges of how to improve sustainability through material selection in the automotive industry, and build the vehicles consumers, companies and governments want and need now.
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