Car makers debate weight and cost issues

摘要

The Lightweight Vehicles and Automotive Surfaces conferences in Berlin in November drew many enthusiastic delegates from the automotive industry, with speakers representing companies such as Ford, Daimler, Magna and Toyota, and plastics industry suppliers including Covestro, 3M, Engel, BASF, Evonik and DuPont. Speakers at the Plastics News Europe conferences particularly focused on sustainability, innovation and regulation. The themes of lightweighting to comply with CO2 emissions regulations, meeting modern customer demands and the drive towards automated vehicles were prominent throughout, with many speakers touching upon the advantages of a unified response.