Mission and Roadmap
The American Chemistry Council’s Automotive Center provides a forum to encourage innovative thinking and promote broader applications for plastics in the automotive industry.
The Automotive Center will accomplish this mission by offering information on the total life cycle benefits of plastics including design, manufacture, assembly, use, disassembly, recovery or reuse and disposal of automotive parts and systems.
Collaborating with industry partners, we will utilize an array of delivery methods, both state-of-the-art electronic and traditional, for meetings, seminars, workshops, resource referrals, libraries, databases and other information, to meet the evolving needs of Automotive OEMs, system integrators, processors, recyclers, regulators, and ACC’s Plastics Division members.
Research Underway for 2020 Roadmap - Key Trends to Watch
Electrification
- Very impactful trend; Lightweighting integral to necessary weight savings; Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) migration toward Electric Vehicles (EV) propulsion
- Global trend; Critical enabler for connectivity and autonomy
- More on Electrification here
Connectivity and Autonomy
- Added electronics and data processing technologies can drive thermal management needs, lightweighting, and innovative ways to embody and conceal electronics
- Highly depends on future of electric vehicles with stable electrical systems. What will be optimal voltage for transition hybrids and full electric propulsion units
- More on Autonomy and Connectivity Here
Shared Mobility
- Durable, scratch-resistant, anti-microbial interiors will be important
- Conductive plastics (interior display surfaces, graphics)
- More on anti-microbial interiors and conductive plastics here.
Sustainability
- Customers will drive sustainability— pressure to consider lifecycle assessment (LCA) is growing
- More on Sustainability here
- More on Life Cycle Assessment here
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