EU RESEARCHERS DEVELOP LOW NOISE LIGHTWEIGHT CAR MODELS

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) researchers have devised a way of reducing the weight of noise insulation materials in cars without making them noisier. The EU research network Eureka says the Euro 4 million France-led project E!2411 ERTAC has discovered that by layering compressed felt with a low density felt, the weight of sound insulation can be cut by 50%. A prototype Peugeot 207 model is being manufactured using the technology. Tests on a Citroen C4 cut its weight by 8kg.

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