Volpe Center | Crashworthiness | PCIV ( Plastic and Composite Intensive Vehicles) Workshop

Plastic and Composite Intensive Vehicles. A workshop for Subject Matter Experts (SME). Monday, August 4, 2008. DOT/RITA Volpe Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. Image of car with sunset inside it.

Summary of Proceedings and Presentations are now available!

PCIV Summary of Proceedings (PDF, 5.4MB)

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What's New

A PDF version of a paper titled: Characterizing and Enhancing the Safety of Future Plastic and Composite Intensive Vehicles (PCIVs). can be found in the Proceedings, and was presented at the 21st International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV 2009) held in Stuttgart, Germany, June 14-19, 2009.

The Conference Proceedings are also available.
The May 2009 issue of Volpe Highlights features this story: "Future Plastics and Composite-Intensive Vehicles Increase Fuel Efficiency".
The Volpe Year in Review 2008, summarizes the accomplishments of this multi-year research project on p. 14, Safety of next generation Plastic-and composite intensive Vehicles (PCIVs).
The 2007 Points of Pride highlights the "Safety Roadmap for Future Plastic and Composite Vehicles" as a noteworthy accomplishment.
The RITA/DOT web site features 'crosscutting R&D', including the PCIV safety research project under Advanced Materials Research.