汽车
Lightweight, fuel efficient and safe automobiles are made possible by plastics and other products of chemistry.<\/p>","hasTwoColumns":false,"link":{"hasLink":false,"link":null,"text":null,"external":false}}]" orientation="right" :feature-border="false">
塑料被用于各种创新方式，以帮助汽车更安全、更节能。它们是解决方案的核心，使汽车更轻，帮助提高燃料效率和减少碳排放，帮助提供安全效益，如安全带和安全气囊，塑料有助于实现美丽，圆滑的轮廓和设计。
此外，随着汽车制造商努力实现可持续发展目标并使用回收材料，越来越多的汽车零部件使用回收塑料制造。
安全
塑料有助于整个汽车的安全:
- 根据美国国家公路交通安全管理局(NHTSA)的数据，2018年，仅安全带一项就拯救了近1.5万人的生命。
- 根据NHTSA的统计数据，安全气囊通常由高强度尼龙织物制成，可以将正面直接撞车的死亡风险降低约30%。
- 由于聚合物科学的众多进步，儿童安全座椅成为可能，有助于保护我们的孩子在每个转折点。
燃油效率
汽车设计中的减重是提高燃油效率、减少排放和降低驾驶者成本的关键驱动力。许多塑料部件的重量比用其他材料制成的类似部件轻50%。现代的创新意味着今天的塑料占汽车体积的50%，但只占汽车重量的10%。
风格与创新
塑料为现代汽车提供了工程和造型质量。在外部应用中，从一个保险杠到另一个保险杠，塑料不仅重量轻，它们给了设计师创造创新概念的自由，否则在许多情况下是不切实际或几乎不可能的。塑料还能抵抗凹痕、丁字、石屑和腐蚀。他们允许节省成本的部分合并和促进模块化装配实践，以降低生产成本。
探索对汽车至关重要的化学物质
Interiors, vinyl seat covers and interior trim in cars use high phthalates because of their effectiveness in making these products more resistant to degradation.<\/p>","hasTwoColumns":false,"link":{"hasLink":true,"link":"\/industry-groups\/high-phthalates","text":"Learn more","external":false}}]" orientation="top" :feature-border="false">
Impact-resistant, polycarbonate-blend bumpers help protect passengers in collisions.<\/p>","hasTwoColumns":false,"link":{"hasLink":true,"link":"https:\/\/www.factsaboutbpa.org\/benefits-applications\/electronics-auto\/","text":"Learn more","external":true}}]" orientation="top" :feature-border="false">
In addition to the foam that makes car seats comfortable, bumpers, interior “headline” ceiling sections, the car body, spoilers, doors and windows all use polyurethanes<\/p>","hasTwoColumns":false,"link":{"hasLink":true,"link":"\/industry-groups\/center-for-the-polyurethanes-industry-cpi\/applications-benefits\/polyurethane-applications","text":"Learn more","external":false}}]" orientation="top" :feature-border="false">
Silicones help protect electronic components from extreme heat, moisture, salt, corrosion, contamination and movement.<\/p>","hasTwoColumns":false,"link":{"hasLink":true,"link":"\/industry-groups\/silicones-environmental-health-and-safety-center-sehsc\/benefits-uses\/transportation","text":"Learn more","external":false}}]" orientation="top" :feature-border="false">
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that today’s seat belts made with industrial strength plastics can reduce auto fatalities by as much as 45 percent and serious injury by 50 percent, compared to not being buckled in.<\/li>
- A study conducted by the Department of Energy found that reducing a vehicle’s weight by 10 percent with the help of plastic components could increase its fuel economy by 5-7 percent.<\/li>
- Lightweight materials such as plastics and plastic composites can help reduce the weight of autos so they can meet the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.<\/li><\/ul>","hasTwoColumns":false,"link":{"hasLink":false,"link":null,"text":null,"external":false}}]" orientation="left" :feature-border="false">