““about the safety of composites-based vehicles? Until recently, the prevailing view in the U.S. auto industry was that efficient autos are small, unsafe, sluggish, costly, or otherwise so undesirable that customers would buy them only if the government required or subsidized them. However, the physics of autos shows that light weight and efficiency can actually mean spacious, safer (see Crash Safety with Composites sidebar), peppier, and cost-competitive. People will buy such autos because they’re better, not just because they’re more efficient,””
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