Manufacturing Industry
Fuel-cell plan may drive plastics to new era.(Brief Article)
Plastics News, January, 2002 by Miel, Rhoda
DETROIT - A new federal and auto industry initiative to finance fuel-cell research could be good news for plastics processors. Not only will the project provide money to investigate plastics' potential within the cell stacks, it also will continue work on lightweight materials used throughout vehicles.
The Freedom Cooperative Automotive Research program, announced Jan. 9 by Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham in Detroit, replaces the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles, which focused on bringing an 80-mile-per-gallon ``supercar'' to the market. But while the major focus of FreedomCAR is on developing a hydrogen-based fuel-cell vehicle, it will take a serious cue from the PNGV by forcing automakers to look harder at thermoplastics, composites and...
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