Cars on a diet : the material and energy impacts of passenger vehicle weight reduction in the U.S.

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Reducing Vehicle Weight and Improving U.S. Energy Efficiency Using Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (2012, background): “3% reduction in fuel consumption for light trucks.(6) Other studies have used more complicated models.”
Evolution of the Automotive Body Coating Process—A Review (2016, background): “Other lightweight materials are also finding application, including magnesium and polymer composites made of glass and carbon-fiber-reinforced thermosets and thermoplastics [18].”
Emerging Trends in Automotive Lightweighting through Novel Composite Materials (2016, background): “Now it’s a common understanding that a 10% reduction in vehicle weight has potential to save 6% - 8% fuel consumption [8] [9], and since lighter object needs less energy to get accelerated compared to heavy ones, obviously, lightweight materials provide a better opportunity to enhance vehicle’s fuel”