Glass in Automotive Industry

Abstract

During previous century, automotive industry indicated a significant improvement and becoming one of the most important parts of human life today. Glass, which was initially used for the protection of driver and passengers from outside effects, has been an important part of most researches and new properties have been added, thus its usage fields have enlarged. Moreover, through new production technologies, other materials with glassy properties have become an inevitable part of automotive industry. In the present study, the state of glass and glassy materials in automotive industry from past to present time is mentioned with some examples on their applications and developments.