The car tank can be made of plastic and gasoline. Why not use plastic?
To put it simply, it's all about security.Plastic bucket or fuel tank, will produce static electricity in use process, there is a fire hazard.The plastic fuel tank has better corrosion resistance and better shock resistance than the iron oil tank. In order to eliminate static electricity, the plastic fuel tank is provided with an electrostatic eliminating device.
But you may not always a general loading on it. The oil content of the drums is also about 10 litres, and it's emergency. That's the difference.The most important thing is that the price of engineering plastics is expensive.
If an automobile accident, the iron fuel tank and the road friction sparks. It will become the roast pig.