Partners

Often, innovation is the result of collaboration among automakers, diverse suppliers from many industries, universities and federal labs. This section features industries that play a major role in the final product, your vehicle.

Battery Technology
As Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), and Electric Vehicles (EV) continue to gain acceptance as a viable alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles, it is clear that HEVs will need light, compact, high-powered, high-capacity batteries to power their needs. LEARN MORE

Aluminum
Today, aluminum is helping automakers design and manufacture cleaner, safer, better performing cars, SUVs, minivans and pickups that use less fuel and produce fewer emissions. By reducing vehicle weight, horsepower requirements correspondingly are reduced, leading to lighter, more affordable powertrains and vehicles that pay consumers back quicker (thanks to improved fuel economy and fewer trips to the pump). LEARN MORE

Plastics
Plastics have long played an important role in helping to make cars lighter and more fuel efficient, but many consumers may not realize the extent to which plastics have revolutionized the vehicles they drive every day. Plastics are making vehicles greener, safer and better designed. LEARN MORE