HP Impact: Single US light vehicle contains $2,000 of chemical products
The health of the light vehicle industry (automobiles, light-duty trucks, vans and sports utility vehicles) and the US economy are dynamically interrelated. The light vehicle industry c..
The health of the light vehicle industry
(automobiles, light-duty trucks, vans and sports utility
vehicles) and the US economy are dynamically interrelated.
The light vehicle industry continues to be an important
customer for the chemical industry. Every light vehicle
produced in the US contains nearly $2,000 of chemistry
(chemical products and chemical processing), according to
research from the American Chemistry Council
(ACC).
Included, for example, are antifreeze and other
fluids, catalysts, plastic dashboards and other components,
rubber tires and hoses, upholstery fibers, coatings and
adhesives (Fig. 2). Vir
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