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Much of your car’s interior is comprised of plastic trim that can become dirty and brittle. Here’s how to properly clean it. Much of your car’s interior is comprised of plastic trim that can become ...

All plastics eventually fade when exposed to the environment, but if your car’s trim is starting to look gray and sad, the best trim restorers can help to revive it. This weathering is a complicated ...

All plastics eventually fade when exposed to the environment, but if your car’s trim is starting to look gray and sad, the best trim restorers can help to revive it. This weathering is a complicated ...

In 1981, McLaren changed the car world when it debuted the MP4/1, the first Formula One car with a complete carbon fiber chassis. From then on, slowly but surely, people came to understand that a ...

Henry Ford, combining his love for invention, industry and agriculture, introduces what was billed as the first plastic automobile -- the "Soybean Car" -- on Aug. 13, 1941, at Dearborn Days, an annual ...

A minivan assembly line at a car factory produces plenty of waste, but new methods are improving car manufacturing. Credit: YU FANGPING / Barcroft Media via Getty Images One person's trash is ...

Old plastic from scrapped cars can be converted into graphene by grinding it to dust and zapping it with high-voltage electricity, a process that could save large amounts of plastic from landfill.