Modern engine bays are filled with black plastic where bright cast aluminum once sat, and few parts symbolize that shift more ...

One-third of a car's parts are plastic. If a new way of making plastic with biology plays out, not only could we have lighter and more fuel-efficient automobiles, we could also enter an era of ...

Chemists have processed waste plastic from end-of-life trucks into graphene for composite materials in new vehicles. The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back as a better ...

Tires always have been a safety-critical connection that links vehicles to roadways. Now, thanks to circularity and ingenuity, tires can take on new safety-critical applications in their second life.

In the race to slow climate chaos from carbon dioxide, there’s no bigger target than shifting hundreds of millions of U.S. vehicles from fossil fuels to electric power. That’s because cars and trucks ...

GM used roughly 17 million pounds of recycled plastic in its vehicles last year, with many of the automaker's vehicles utilizing reclaimed material for wheelhouse liners, HVAC ducts, center consoles ...

In a battery-electric sports car, every gram of weight counts. That is why the first mass-production vehicle in this segment, the Porsche Taycan, is using an all-plastic brake pedal. This ...