Plastics and polymer composites content per vehicle growth
RecordSTO-FCB7WJYB3K-SGY2CBEVFE-RTN1QH
North America · 2015–2025
Plastics and polymer composites content per vehicle growth in North America was 18% in 2015–2025 (ACC).
- Publisher
- ACC
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Press Release
- Retrieved
- 22 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The report finds that the average North American vehicle contained 428 pounds of plastics and polymer composites in 2025, up 18% from just a decade ago.
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APA
American Chemistry Council. (2025). Today’s Safer, Smarter and More Efficient Vehicles Growing More Reliant on Plastics, New Report Finds. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america-industry-innovation-impact/news-trends/press-release/2026/today-s-safer-smarter-and-more-efficient-vehicles-growing-more-reliant-on-plastics-new-report-finds. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FCB7WJYB3KSGY2CBEVFERTN1QH
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- American Chemistry Council. "Today’s Safer, Smarter and More Efficient Vehicles Growing More Reliant on Plastics, New Report Finds." 2025, https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america-industry-innovation-impact/news-trends/press-release/2026/today-s-safer-smarter-and-more-efficient-vehicles-growing-more-reliant-on-plastics-new-report-finds. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FCB7WJYB3KSGY2CBEVFERTN1QH.
- Chicago
- American Chemistry Council. "Today’s Safer, Smarter and More Efficient Vehicles Growing More Reliant on Plastics, New Report Finds." 2025. https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america-industry-innovation-impact/news-trends/press-release/2026/today-s-safer-smarter-and-more-efficient-vehicles-growing-more-reliant-on-plastics-new-report-finds. Accessed September 22, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FCB7WJYB3KSGY2CBEVFERTN1QH.
- BibTeX
- @misc{acc2025plasticsrtn1qh, author = {{American Chemistry Council}}, title = {Today’s Safer, Smarter and More Efficient Vehicles Growing More Reliant on Plastics, New Report Finds}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_FCB7WJYB3KSGY2CBEVFERTN1QH}, note = {Original source: https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america-industry-innovation-impact/news-trends/press-release/2026/today-s-safer-smarter-and-more-efficient-vehicles-growing-more-reliant-on-plastics-new-report-finds. Accessed September 22, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- American Chemistry Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- Today’s Safer, Smarter and More Efficient Vehicles Growing More Reliant on Plastics, New Report Finds
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Press Release
- Retrieved
- 22 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- pipeline:quote-verified-v2
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_FCB7WJYB3KSGY2CBEVFERTN1QH