The new airbag propellant was supposed to be the next big thing for Takata in 1998. An engineer for the company, Paresh Khandhadia, declared it “the new technological edge” in an interview with a trade magazine then.
Based on a compound called tetrazole, it was seen as a reliable and effective compound for inflating airbags. Yet despite the fanfare, by 2001 Takata had switched to an alternative formula, ammonium nitrate, and started sending the airbags to automakers, including Honda.
Idiots. Sodium Azide is much more stable in its environment and costs maybe a dollar more to use.
Idiots. Sodium Azide is much more stable in its environment and costs maybe a dollar more to use.
Those are the magic words for “punitive damages.”