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Historically the automotive industry has been the foundation of mass production. With millions of units per year, the concept of cutting literally a fraction of a cent from the cost of an item is important to the automotive industry. How then can advanced composite materials with costs per pound of from five to fifty times that of steel and aluminum be considered?
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Berg, K.R. (1980). Can Advanced Composite Materials Really Compete in the Automotive Market?. In: Lenoe, E.M., Oplinger, D.W., Burke, J.J. (eds) Fibrous Composites in Structural Design. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1033-4_41
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