Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2015

The first production Detroit Electric SP:01 ( earlier post ) has rolled off the line at the company’s Leamington Spa (UK) manufacturing facility. The new SP:01 is destined for one of Detroit Electric’s export markets to be delivered to the EV company’s first customer. The car runs 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds (0-100km/h in 3.9

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Detroit Azerbaijan South Africa Production 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

Participating industrial partners will apply and test approaches developed in these projects and ultimately as global-suppliers be able to provide lightweight components to multiple vehicle producers and increase US competitiveness in manufacturing generally. Carbon fiber reinforced epoxy application will help achieve these desired targets.

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Carbon Fiber Vehicles Idaho Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this week, Ford delivered first proof of that focus with the reveal of the new Ford GT carbon-fiber supercar, as well as the new F-150 Raptor based on the new aluminum F-150 and the Shelby GT350R Mustang. Earlier post.)

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Shelby Ford F-150 Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2011

Ford made a splash at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit with the introduction of 10 C-segment cars, including a new hybrid and plug-in hybrid based on the C-MAX ( earlier post )—this following on the roll-out the prior week of the Ford Focus Electric ( earlier post ). .;

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Ford Fuel Emissions Vehicles 252

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 15, 2009

Roadster Sport with optional clear-coat carbon fiber top. Roadster Sport with optional clear-coat carbon fiber top. I am leaving soon for Detroit, where Tesla will have a space on the floor of the Detroit auto show for the first time. When I was a kid in Arab, Alabama, in 1965, I discovered slot cars.

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Tesla Carbon Fiber Detroit 2009 124

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

For example, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will partner with IACMI to demonstrate the value of using advanced sensors in the production of carbon fiber and with PowerAmerica to showcase the energy savings of using advanced sensors in the production of new wide bandgap semiconductor circuit boards.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

You switch the mode on by dialing it up on the Ferrari’s dramatic steering wheel, which integrates a cool arc of LED lights on its carbon-fiber rim to cue drivers to shift. To many enthusiasts, those soundtracks—heavy metal, for a Detroit V-8, or a hollow rasp, for a Porsche inline six—are a key reason for their purchase.

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 91