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With more concern of the fuel economy and environmental protection, more and more automobile makers has put more focus of reduce vehicle mass which could achieve both goals. As seen from the figure 2.4, automobile industry has put more concern on the mass reductions, and taken it as a competitive force. Not just these commitments, some automobile makers have started their steps to bring it to the industry.
The figure 2.5 is a Lotus Low Mass Vehicle Project, and Lotus engineers are making efforts on processes feasible in the 2017 time frame for 2020 MY production [24]. In addition, the target of mass reduction is 40%.
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