Plastics and polymer composites content per vehicle growth

RecordSTO-FCB7WJYB3K-SGY2CBEVFE-RTN1QH

18%

North America · 2015–2025

Plastics and polymer composites content per vehicle growth in North America was 18% in 2015–2025 (ACC).

Original source
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

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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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Chain of custody
Record: STO-FCB7WJYB3K-SGY2CBEVFE-RTN1QH T2 Official

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
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Locator
Press Release
Retrieved
22 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_FCB7WJYB3KSGY2CBEVFERTN1QH