Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Driven by a faster-than-expected pace of technology development, carbon-fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) will be poised to gain widespread adoption for automotive lightweighting by 2025, according to a new report from Lux Research, “Scaling Up Carbon Fiber: Roadmap to Automotive Adoption.”. Earlier post.)

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Automobile 2007 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Zoltek is a large two carbon fiber manufacturer; large tow carbon fiber is carbon fiber with 40,000 or more filaments applied for applications such as wind turbine blades and reinforced plastics compounds, and is produced on modified acrylic staple fiber production lines for textiles.

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Carbon Fiber Wind Carbon Hungary 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The group focuses on the development of marketable materials and technologies that are suitable for manufacturing high-performance fiber-reinforced parts for automotive applications. The automobile components to be produced from these materials in the future will be able to withstand high loads despite their light weight.

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Industrial Industry Carbon Fiber Carbon 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

As the number two OEM in the automobile business in the world, it only makes sense for us if we see a certain volume behind it. Since 2007, it has also been the site for the development and production of battery systems for electric vehicles. Soeren Hinze, Volkswagen Electric-Traction (EL) Technical Development. (Dr. Bottom right.

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Batteries Battery MPH All-Electric 356