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Introduction

Although glass represents a mere 3% of the weight in a modern vehicle, it can help to make today's vehicles more environmentally friendly by decreasing fuel consumption and being easy to recycle.

A vehicle's fuel consumption can be reduced by using superior thermal comfort glazing that prevents heat from building up inside the passenger compartment, or by using glazing that is lighter than present glazing, or even by improving vehicle aerodynamics by using glazing with edges that are flush with the vehicle.

Material breakdown in a vehicle(average in weight)