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Fuel Economy

Lighter materials will lead to lighter Electric Powertrain

vehicles that require less fuel for
propulsion. Fuel economy is an attractive Electric engines and batteries

selling feature for customers, so weigh more than modern internal

automakers will try to satisfy this demand. combustion engines. The switch

to electric powertrains requires

Vehicle Emmission other materials to be lighter to

Reduction compensate

Legislative requirements may
force automotive manufacturers Enabling

to improve fuel economy as a Added Content

means to lower greenhouse gas Factors

(GHG) emissions. Drivers expect improved

vehicle features each model

Autonomous Vehicles year. To do this, components

Self-driving vehicles have significantly need to become lighter over
time or else fuel economy will
more components than driver-required
suffer
vehicles. This extra weight and space

needs to be offset through the lightening
of the other parts.