The number of plastics for vehicles has been growing over the past few decades, and acceptance is increasing. Continental's chairman and CEOFrankMacher, based in ContinentalStructural Plastics Inc. in Auburn Hills, Michigan, said in a forum held by Plastics News that new applications continue to challenge metal use in automobiles. Today, plastics are used in ordinary cars. The volume ratio has reached about 50%.
Macher has 45 years of experience in the automotive industry and has held senior positions at Federal-MogulCorp., Collins & Aikman and ITTAutomotive. He has worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years and has held various executive management positions. He believes that as automakers continue to reduce vehicle weight, automotive plastics will continue to grow, including use alone and in combination with other materials. American car fuel consumption standards are becoming more stringent and will increase to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
Automakers have taken lighter attention to one of the ways to improve fuel economy. Reducing the weight of 10% of the car can increase fuel economy by 6-8%. He said: "The car will become lighter and more efficient. This is an irreversible and inevitable trend. Weight loss will continue to be a top priority." In addition to the use of single plastic parts, future solutions will include plastics. Combined with other materials such as metal and glass. Macher said: "The plastics industry has been in the most advantageous position for many years and will see the result of the application of plastics in the automotive industry." He spoke at the Automotive Plastics Conference held in Detroit on January 14th in the US Plastics News. The continuous improvement in weight reduction will gradually be realized over time. But it won't change the world like Edison invented the light bulb.
The CEO said that for many years, plastics have yet to prove their value in automotive applications, and the inherent impression of cheap, fragile, disposable goods brought about by plastics after World War II is deeply rooted. He spoke of the general view decades ago: "At that time, high-quality car parts must have been made of steel, aluminum, stamped castings, and often chrome-plated." He said, but it is different now. Today, more than 2,000 plastic or composite parts are used in a typical car.
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