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Lightweight electromobile with ROHACELL body crosses Australia almost exclusively on wind energy

Green Car Congress

The bodywork consists mainly of a carbon fiber composite with ROHACELL structural foam from Evonik Industries. Its lithium-ion batteries, based on yet another Evonik technology, are charged by a mobile wind turbine or in the conventional way from the power grid.

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Tesla owner builds his own deployable solar roof for Model Y

Baua Electric

For the last two years I’ve been working on a 2000 watt to 4000 watt solar system for my Model Y — Today I can charge anywhere in the world! 3D parts and telescoping carbon fiber tube were used to build the rack to deploy the panels. He estimates that it can add over 20 miles (32 km) of range per day.

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DOE to award $49.4M for advanced vehicle technologies research; meeting Tier 3 emissions

Green Car Congress

AOI 2: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles. ($6M) For the purposes of this AOI, a carbon fiber composite is defined as a composite that combines carbon fiber with polymer resin. Carbon Fiber Composite Targets.

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