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This column covers a lot of technologies that aim to increase vehicle efficiency, improve electrification, and enable varying degrees of autonomous driving. So a recent press release for a simple materials breakthrough that can help with all the above caught my eye—a new type of automotive glass.

I last visited this topic in November 2016 when the Gorilla Glass used to strengthen smartphone screens had just started making

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