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The size of the electric vehicle plastics market is largely driven by the trend of lightweight plastic applications as a manufacturing sector. Lightweight polymers are used in electric cars to increase their range while also enhancing their fuel economy.
The market for electric car plastics is anticipated to develop due to battery electric vehicles being the main supplier of these materials. Due to plastic’s better presentation to metal when contrasted, the electric vehicle plastics sector is also anticipated to expand.
Even though metal is the most often used material in the manufacture of numerous automobile components, the added weight that results has led manufacturers to look for alternatives to better overall vehicle efficiency.
As a result, plastics are now more frequently employed as standard materials than metals in the production of different vehicle components. The market for electric vehicles is anticipated to be driven by the rising trend of weight reduction in PHEV, HEV, and BEV, together with the rising need for thermally stable plastic.
The Austria EV Plastics Market accounted for $XX Billion in 2021 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2026, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2022 to 2027.
Evonik has created a new generation of battery packs called the “Pure Performance Battery” as part of the VESTARO GmbH consortium of firms, which is trying to deliver lighter and more affordable solutions for battery electric vehicles (BEV) (PPB).
The new holistic battery system idea offers the automobile industry a safe, lightweight, and most crucially cost-effective alternative to the conventional heavier metal-based systems. It is based on Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) technology created utilizing Evonik’s curing agents.
First, VESTARO created a novel, reasonably priced glass fiber (GF)-SMC cover using VESTALITE S, a high-performance epoxy curing agent from Evonik.
In addition to making the battery housing about ten per cent lighter than equivalently performing covers constructed of more expensive materials, modern SMC materials offer the same performance levels as earlier metal-based enclosures while allowing for semi-integral integration.