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What is the percentage of plastics used in vehicles ? What is its evolution ? Is there a limit percentage, a maximum ?

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The current figure is 15-20%, depending on the size of the vehicle. Back in 1970 the figure was about 6%. We expect, the figure to rise to about 25% in the next years. 100% is impossible of course! La cifra attuale 15 20 %, dipende dalla grandezza del veicolo. Prima del 1970 la cifra era del circa 6 %. Ci aspettiamo, che la cifra salga del circa 25 % nei prossimi anni. 100 % impossibile ovviamente! The most important aspect for the next years will be the reduction of weight in order to bring down emissions. With regard to safety: Specialtly plastics can offer the same or even better performance and are to resistant to most chemicals (oil, petrol, salt). And they don't rust. L'aspetto pi importante per i prossimi anni sar la riduzione del peso al fine di abbassare le emissioni. Per quanto riguarda la sicurezza: plastiche speciali possono offrire prestazioni uguali o migliori e sono resistenti agli agenti chimici (olio, benzina, sale). E non arrugginiscono there are existing truck and some test are being conducted by delivery companies such as UPS in the US: UPS is testing out prototype plastic trucks that reduce the usual truck weight by 1,000 pounds, increase the mileage by up to 40%, and are even more easily serviced.The trucks are constructed from ABS plastic, a lightweight and rugged material that reduces the weight of these vehicles by around 1,000 pounds, compared to the usual sheet metal. Trucks of this size typically weigh around five tons, depending on the packages being delivered. ci sono camion esistenti e alcuni sono stati testati da aziende di consegna come UPS negli Stati Uniti: UPS sta testando prototipi di camion di plastica che riducono il peso solito del camion di 1.000 libbre, aumentano il chilometraggio fino al 40%, e sono ancora pi facilmente

Qual la percentuale di plastica usata nei veicoli? Qual stata la sua evoluzione? C un limite di percentuale, un massimo?

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Is the plastic safe? Is it resistant at least as the materials used today?

La plastica sicura? resistente almeno quanto I materiali usati oggi?

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will plastic be used for trucks?

Sar usata la plastic per i camion?

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Will the cars be cheaper Substitution of metal is driven by thanks to the plastic ? weight reduction as well cost reduction. However, the driving force in the next few years will be weight reduction and plastics offer the most cost effective way of achieving this. Le macchine saranno La sostituzione del metallo meno costose grazie guidata dalla riduzione del alla plastica? peso, come anche dalla riduzione dei costi . Tuttavia,la forza trainante dei prossimi anni sar la riduzione del peso e le materie plastiche che offrono il modo pi efficace per conseguire tale obiettivo. when do you think The first plastic chassis will be the there would be a plastic BMW i3 which uses plastics to a chassis? very large extent in the chassis. Quando pensate ci sar un telaio di plastica? Il primo telaio di plastica sar la BMW i3 che usa la plastica per unestensione molto grande nel telaio The question about the automatic pilot is not directly related to plastics, but the GPS technology needed also depends on products from our industry. Increasing safety requirements are definitely going in this direction. La domanda sul pilota automatico non direttamente collegata alle materie plastiche, ma la tecnologia GPS necessaria dipende anche da prodotti del nostro settore. Requisiti di sicurezza stanno sicuramente andando sempre pi in questa direzione. A far as we know it is the NUNA car. The Dutch solar car Nuna, using European space technology, finished first in the World Solar Challenge, a 3010 km race right across Australia for cars powered by solar energy. Having set off

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will cars be driven integrally by automatic pilot?

Le macchine saranno guidate integralmente dal pilota automatico?

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What was the fastest solar car that was made in Europe or in the world?

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