Also, Ram 1500 trucks built between 2019 to 2024 either have a 26-gallon plastic fuel tank or a 35-gallon polyethylene tank. Some Ford F-150 and Chevrolet Silverado trucks also use plastic tanks.

Technavio market research analysts forecast the global automotive plastic fuel tank market to grow at a CAGR of more than 4% during 2018-2022.

In North America, just-auto see plastic fuel tank fitment reaching 91% by 2010, up from 71% in 2003. The fastest growing market, however, is Japan. Just a few years ago, steel tanks represented ...

All roads lead to California — at least when it comes to the creation of a complex plastic fuel tank system called the Tank Advanced Process Technology. In the 1990s, the Golden State's ...

To meet those requirements, plastic fuel tank designers went to more complicated, multi-layer tanks with barriers in the middle. This added expense, making the multi-layer tanks roughly the same price ...

With the vehicle in the air, we now see the plastic fuel tank, and the metal straps that hold it in place. The rear two bolts only serve as a pivot for the straps, and do not need to be removed.

As global groupings of carmakers force auto parts makers to intensify domestic competition, Inergy Automotive Systems SA, a French plastic fuel-tank maker, is gearing up to take a larger bite of ...