{"id":4094,"date":"2022-08-24T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.profol.de\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2022-08-24T16:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:28:58","slug":"the-car-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.profol.de\/en\/the-car-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The Car of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Car of the Future<\/h1>
with lightweight solutions from Profol<\/strong><\/div>\n
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In times of worldwide resource scarcity and climate change, social as well as economic interests are changing. Energy-efficient mobility is becoming increasingly important. This results in two major challenges for the automotive industry:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Strict environmental protection regulations and the associated emission laws must be followed. When EU directives came into force in 2020, European car manufacturers are required to reduce average CO<\/span>2<\/span> fleet emissions to below 95 g CO<\/span>2<\/span>\/km. This necessitates to reduce the fuel consumption, achievable with a lower weight of cars. <\/span>
\nElectric vehicles have another challenge: the minimum range to achieve greater market acceptance. This is an additional reason why the materials used in vehicles must become lighter to achieve the targeted energy efficiency.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

A new industrial scale solution to meet these requirements is Profol’s lightweight material <\/span>progano. <\/span><\/b>Made from unique glass fiver reinforced polypropylene UD tapes, it opens new ways to manufacture composite components. Whether in the automotive, construction or leisure industries, <\/span>progano<\/span><\/b> enables engineers to reduce component weight, increase strength and make manufacturing more efficient.<\/span> Profol composites are<\/span> fully recyclable and reduces the CO<\/span>2<\/span> footprint by factor 4 compared to aluminum.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lighte<\/span><\/b>r: <\/span><\/b>Progano saves up to 35% weight compared to aluminum and 75% compared to steel. Due to the lower density, the components can be designed with lower material usage.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stronger: <\/span><\/b>Progano is up to 50% stronger than aluminum alloys and has excellent performance in crash tests.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Faster: <\/span><\/b>Process cost and time savings through direct integration of several functional elements into just one process step of component manufacture.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Profol\u2019s lightweight solution <\/span>progano<\/span><\/b> can be used in almost any thermoplastic application that replaces aluminum or steel components.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n