Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2020
Toray Industries concluded an agreement with Lilium GmbH to supply carbon fiber composite materials for the Lilium Jet. The aircraft’s primary structures, such as the fuselage, wings and flaps will all be made from carbon fiber. Carbon fiber composite materials are needed to lighten such vehicles as the Lilium Jet.
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2022
The APC forecasts that the UK will need 14GW of fuel cell stack production and 400,000 high pressure carbon fiber tanks annually to meet local vehicle production demands by 2035 while the market expects that there could be as many as 3 million fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) on the road globally by 2030.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2022
IDTechEx calculates that non-automotive EV sectors in 2021 demanded approximately 31 GWh globally in 2021; for reference, battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars demanded approximately 280 GWh globally in 2021. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 19, 2021
If global warming continues unabated, and if the world veers toward catastrophe, it would be better to have tools ready to avoid the most dire outcomes, he says. Scientists warn that global warming is likely to hit 1.5 °C SCoPEx’s gondola , an aluminum and carbon-fiber frame that holds an array of hardware.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
The proposed process is projected to have a 35% lower global warming potential and a twelvefold reduction in land use compared with a biotechnological process relying on corn-derived glucose. The system takes three main inputs: ambient air, water, and a sustainable energy source, and produces butanol with high selectivity.
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. 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.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022
Formula E , the FIA’s offshoot of the global spectacle that is Formula 1 , has gone from awkward baby steps to sprint-level speed in just eight years. The cars feature recyclable batteries and bodies made from linen and recycled carbon fiber from last year’s cars. That means efficiency rises by a factor of 10.
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