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Ford's nanotechnology partnerships now include Northwestern University and the LEAP

Here on AutoblogGreen, we just featured a detailed interview with Michael Brylawski of the Rocky Mountain Institute talking about RMI's decade-long quest to get a seriously light-weight car to market. Ford has been working just as long on nanotechnologies designed to create lighter metals and plastics for their vehicles. These new materials would be strong and safe, and are one more step in making "normal" cars get better fuel efficiency. Ford and Boeing have been working on nanotechnology together for 11 years, and have a technology exchange ... Read more →

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