# Combustion road vehicles and Nylon (PA6, PA66)

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/combustion-road-vehicles-and-nylon-pa6-pa66/

[Combustion road vehicles](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_road_ice/) (energy) and [Nylon (PA6, PA66)](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/nylon/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: end use

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Cars use nylon for engine covers, connectors and tyre cord. The vehicle price proxy does not move with the resin proxy, -0.02 monthly, because car prices follow model cycles rather than plastic costs.

- **-0.02** monthly change correlation
- **0.02** 12-month change correlation
- **1.18** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.