Triple Safety: Lightweighting Automobiles to Improve Occupant, Highway, and Global Safety

Authors

• Laura Schewel - Rocky Mountain Institute

Topic

• Injury causation
• Vehicle performance
• Injuries
• Roads and highways
• Research and development
• Weather and climate
• Vehicle occupants

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