Vehicle lightweighting cars

Vehicle lightweighting is the concept of making cars and trucks lighter to improve their fuel efficiency, acceleration, braking, handling, and battery range. A 10% reduction in vehicle weight can result in a 6%-8% improvement in fuel economy. Lightweighting also considers structural efficiency, economic impact, and environmental impact. Lighter vehicles require fewer resources to manufacture and less energy to transport, which preserves natural resources and reduces harmful pollution. Excessive vehicle weight is also a contributing factor to particulate emissions from tire and brake wear. Lightweighting involves optimizing all car parts to be as light as possible. This can be achieved by replacing heavy car parts with lightweight materials such as high-strength steel, magnesium alloys, aluminum alloys, carbon fiber, and polymer composites. These materials can reduce the weight of a vehicle's body and chassis by up to 50%. Lightweighting is a concept in the auto industry about building cars and trucks that are less heavy as a way to achieve better fuel efficiency, battery range, acceleration, braking and handling. In addition, lighter vehicles can tow and haul larger loads because the engine is not carrying unnecessary weight.