Lightweight polycarbonate glazing

Over the coming decades, internal combustion vehicles will be gradually replaced by electric models, an energy alternative that is becoming increasingly popular. This development means that vehicles will have to be lighter, making lightweight glazing solutions essential. Cleargard® polycarbonate glazing, a high-performance plastic, is the ideal solution for next-generation mobility.

The glazed surfaces of an electric vehicle, such as the windows, panoramic roofs or windscreen, have a direct influence on overall weight. Thanks to its lightness and design flexibility, Cleargard® polycarbonate is an excellent substitute for traditional glass, allowing manufacturers to benefit from the advantages of transparent plastics while improving energy efficiency and driving range.

What’s more, this durable material reduces weight by half compared with glass, offering a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution for vehicle window glazing. With its high impact resistance, anti-scratch and UV-stable coatings, Cleargard® contributes to safety, reduced carbon footprint, and innovative design freedom for the future of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Performances

Ultra-light

Ultra safe

Tailor made

Polycarbonate Glazing: Lightweight and High-Performance

Polycarbonate glazing is up to 2.5 times lighter than glass for the same thickness, offering significant weight reduction without compromising safety or impact resistance. The use of lightweight polycarbonate glazing helps reduce the overall weight of electric vehicles, cargo bikes or trains, directly improving energy efficiency, extending driving range, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Thanks to its design flexibility and ability to be thermoformed into complex shapes, polycarbonate glazing enables innovative and modern designs for next-generation vehicles. It also withstands extreme weather conditions and maintains long-term durability, making it the material of choice for a wide range of applications: electric cars, racing cars, cargo bikes, rail transport, panoramic roofs, headlamp covers, advertising displays, urban environments, and advanced lighting systems.

With its combination of lightness, durability and versatility, Cleargard® polycarbonate is setting new standards in lightweight glazing solutions for sustainable transport.

For what applications?

Cleargard® can be integrated into a wide range of machines and equipment

Electric vehicles

Up to 250 times more impact-resistant than glass, hard-coated polycarbonate offers unmatched durability and performance, making it the material of choice for advanced vehicle glazing systems. Technical plastic equipment and glazing for electric vehicles has a number of advantages:

Lightness and weight savings
Long product life
Resistance to extreme weather conditions
Optimum visibility
Reduced carbon footprint
Anti-abrasion, anti-UV and anti-fog coatings
Safety and security
Free form design

Polycarbonate glazing for automotive applications can be found on :

Sunroofs
Headlamp covers
Display screens
Windows
Windscreens

UN R43 certified, polycarbonate glazing for electric vehicles meets automotive safety requirements to protect occupants in all environments.

Cargo bike

For cargo bikes and quadricycles, polycarbonate glazing is the solution that combines lightness, visibility and robustness.

For the last few kilometres, these environmentally friendly forms of transport are an excellent ecological alternative. By choosing polycarbonate glazing, which is twice as light as glass of the same thickness, the weight is considerably reduced.

This means a smaller carbon footprint and lower CO2 emissions.

Transparent polycarbonate is a durable choice. This plastic solution is even more interesting because coatings – anti-scratch, anti-fog, UV resistance, graffiti resistance… – are applied, giving the glazing an extended lifespan.

Finally, plastic solutions offer a wide range of shapes, including curved glazing, combining safety and visual comfort.

Metros , trams, trains

For urban mobility, Cleargard® offers a wide range of technical plastic parts: headlamp lenses, partition walls, windows, windscreens, interior lighting, etc.

In PMMA or polycarbonate, our glazing solutions are adapted to urban use, to make users safer while offering optimum optical quality.

Polycarbonate is perfect for safety and strength:

Up to 250 times stronger than glass
Reduced weight, making mobile structures lighter
Unbreakable, perfect for high-risk areas
Thermoformable for complex shapes
Anti-scratch, anti-UV and thermal insulation coating

PMMA is perfect for transparency and durability:

Exceptional optical transparency (up to 92% light transmission)
Great UV resistance, no yellowing
Lightweight and attractive, ideal for glass roofs and panoramic windows
Thermoformable and machinable

Racing cars

When lightness meets performance, polycarbonate becomes the material of choice. Without compromising visibility, our glazing equipment delivers:

50% weight reduction
Distortion-free transparency
Anti-fog, anti-scratch coatings for high-speed clarity
Impact resistance

Who’s it for ?

Designed for all mobility and transport companies looking to reduce weight without compromising on safety or performance, Cleargard® lightweight glazing solutions are the perfect choice. Our high-performance lightweight glazing is ideal for:

Electric and hybrid vehicle manufacturers
Cargo bike and micro-mobility designers
Rail and urban transport operators
Racing car manufacturers

Full solutions by Cleargard®

We support you from the design stage through to completion of your projects. All our glazing comes with a primer, a glueing kit and is UN R43 certified. Ready to use, we also offer coatings to improve the properties of the glazing:

Anti-scratch hard coat
Anti-fog treatment
UV resistance
Graffiti resistant
Thermal insulation

We have developed a bonding protocol, validated by an external laboratory, to guarantee durable, optimal and non-aggressive bonding, thereby preserving the mechanical performance and impact resistance of polycarbonate glazing.

Cleargard® provides customised glazing solutions for vehicle integrators and OEMs, meeting the increasing demand for environmentally friendly, lightweight and robust materials for everyday use and extreme conditions.

Partnership

At Cleargard®, we place great value on parternship and supporting the development of our customers’ products. Our teams work alongside you to develop your projects. We can manufacture prototypes and small batches tailored to your specific requirements. Thanks to our production capacity, we can also efficiently supply large series.

We offers :

Advice: Take advantage of our 40 years of expertise to help you design your customised glazing and solutions.

Testing & approvals: We support you every step of the way, from development to certification, to ensure your products comply with standards.

Support & training: Benefit from personalised technical support for installing our glazing on your vehicles, either on site or remotely.

Proven bonding protocol: Access our exclusive bonding process, developed in collaboration with world leaders in chemistry, for optimal durability over time.

Avantages

glazing solutions

Lightweight
Safety
High optical quality
UN R43 certified
Weight gain - 50% lighter than glass
Reduced carbon footprint
Anti-scratch coating
Anti-fog coating
Thermal insulation
UV resistance

Applications

Automotive

Sunroofs
Optical headlights
Display screens
Windows
Windscreens
Headlamp lenses
Partition walls
Interior lighting

Quality

glazing

UN R43 certification
Coating treatment
Gluing kit
Printing
Ready to use
Polycarbonate vehicle glazing
PMMA technical plastic glazing
Laminated glass vehicle glazing

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