Trends for future cars – energy efficient and light, safe, sustainable and connected

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Strong demand for using alternative drive train technologies: BEV‘s for urban areas PHEV‘s and in the future FCEV‘s for the long range There is also a strong demand for lightweighting: Metallic lightweight solutions, e.g. with Al and Mg offer �high weight saving potential for acceptable costs Technologies have to fullfill sustainability criterias like �e.g. low energy demand for production and recyclability Advanced sensing and connected driving can increase �occupant safety, e.g. through active crash absorbers DLR is adressing the different technological challenges with �their Next Generation Car (NGC)-Project