Sounds like Titanium. Stronger than steel, light as plastic. What’s it cost?
Or a variant of carbon fiber (aka Kevlar).
Stupid USAToday writer is too ignorant to capture any salient/useful information... ask the right questions etc.
Cost is ALWAYS critical.
I was working on a uni-body car design of injection molded HDPE in the back of my mind 3-4 years ago... I could honestly claim it to be "Stronger than a steel car, cheaper to build, made from "green" recyclables... yada yada..."
But throw a match on it in a crash... oops.
ALL materials have a chink in their armor.
