INNOVATIVE TEXTILES DELIVERING LIGHTWEIGHTING AND NEW FUNCTIONALITY FOR AUTO DESIGNERS
March 2nd, 2020
Innovative textile materials are proving to be a game changer in the auto industry’s drive towards sustainability, electric transmission and autonomy. Experts have noted how the amount of textiles used in the automotive sector have been growing and will continue to do so: up from 20kg in a mid-size car on average in the year 2000 to 26kg in 2020, said the chair of a ‘Textile Opportunities in a Changing Automotive Industry’ conference, held in Birmingham, England, at the Jaguar Experience centre. Adrian Wilson, a UK-based specialist in technical textiles, ...
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