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Lycee Blaise Pascal What is the percentage of plasticsused in vehicles ? What is itsevolution ? Is there a limitpercentage, a maximum ?

The current figure is 15-20%,depending on the size of thevehicle. Back in 1970 the figurewas about 6%. We expect, thefigure to rise to about 25% in thenext years. 100% is impossible ofcourse!

Qual la percentuale di plasticausata nei veicoli? Qual stata lasua evoluzione? C un limite dipercentuale, un massimo?

La cifra attuale 15 20 %,dipende dalla grandezza delveicolo. Prima del 1970 la cifraera del circa 6 %. Ci aspettiamo,che la cifra salga del circa 25 %nei prossimi anni. 100 % impossibile ovviamente!

Liceo Duni- Italy Is the plastic safe? Is it resistant atleast as the materials used today?

The most important aspect for thenext years will be the reduction ofweight in order to bring downemissions.With regard to safety: Specialtlyplastics can offer the same or evenbetter performance and are toresistant to most chemicals (oil,petrol, salt). And they don't rust.

La plastica sicura? resistentealmeno quanto I materiali usatioggi?

L'aspetto pi importante per iprossimi anni sar la riduzione delpeso al fine di abbassare leemissioni. Per quanto riguarda lasicurezza: plastiche speciali

possono offrire prestazioni ugualio migliori e sono resistenti agliagenti chimici (olio, benzina,sale). E non arrugginiscono

cn ienachita vacarescu: will plastic be used for trucks? there are existing truck and sometest are being conducted bydelivery companies such as UPSin the US: UPS is testing outprototype plastic trucks thatreduce the usual truck weight by1,000 pounds, increase themileage by up to 40%, and are

even more easily serviced.Thetrucks are constructed from ABSplastic, a lightweight and ruggedmaterial that reduces the weight ofthese vehicles by around 1,000pounds, compared to the usualsheet metal. Trucks of this sizetypically weigh around five tons,depending on the packages beingdelivered.

Sar usata la plastic per i camion? ci sono camion esistenti e alcunisono stati testati da aziende diconsegna come UPS negli StatiUniti: UPS sta testando prototipidi camion di plastica che riduconoil peso solito del camion di 1.000libbre, aumentano ilchilometraggio fino al 40%, esono ancora pi facilmente

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Lycee Blaise Pascal Will the cars be cheaperthanks to the plastic ?

Substitution of metal is driven byweight reduction as well costreduction. However, the drivingforce in the next few years will beweight reduction and plastics offer

the most cost effective way ofachieving this.Le macchine sarannomeno costose graziealla plastica?

La sostituzione del metallo guidata dalla riduzione del

peso, come anche dalla riduzionedei costi . Tuttavia,la forzatrainante dei prossimi anni sar lariduzione del peso e le materie

plastiche che offrono il modo piefficace per conseguire taleobiettivo.

Copley when do you thinkthere would be a plasticchassis?

The first plastic chassis will be theBMW i3 which uses plastics to avery large extent in the chassis.

Quando pensate ci sarun telaio di plastica?

Il primo telaio di plastica sar laBMW i3 che usa la plastica perunestensione molto grande neltelaio

cn ienachitavacarescu:

will cars be drivenintegrally by automatic

pilot?

The question about the automaticpilot is not directly related toplastics, but the GPS technologyneeded also depends on productsfrom our industry. Increasingsafety requirements are definitelygoing in this direction.

Le macchine sarannoguidate integralmente

dal pilota automatico?

La domanda sul pilotaautomatico non direttamente

collegata alle materie plastiche, malatecnologia GPS necessaria dipendeanche da prodotti delnostro settore. Requisiti disicurezza stanno sicuramenteandando sempre pi in questadirezione.

Kaunas Jonas

Zemaitis secondaryschool

What was the fastest

solar car that was madein Europe or in theworld?

A far as we know it is the NUNA

car. The Dutch solar car Nuna,using European space technology,finished first in the World SolarChallenge, a 3010 km race rightacross Australia for cars powered

by solar energy. Having set off

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