Materials technology plays a critical role in the automotive industry. Continuous improvement is sought in weight reduction as well as all other aspects of improving fuel efficiency and many of these depend on materials technology improvement. The scope of new material developments for the automotive industry is simply too large to cover in a single short newsletter. Following up on our previous newsletter on the exciting topic of automotive materials which covered lightweight automotive materials, Baverstam presents, in this newsletter, the latest material developments that are particularly related to fuel cells and higher fuel efficiency, emissions reduction and environment and recycling and finally, those relating to safety and comfort improvements.