Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2023

Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, has developed a new technology for recycling carbon fiber plastic compounds together with the National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College and Tokyo University of Science. Thus, these carbon fiber compounds present in vehicles for weight reduction.

Carbon Fiber 273

Carbon Fiber Carbon Auto Automobile 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Renault said that EOLAB breaks new ground in the automobile industry by using magnesium sheeting. The thin windscreen, the form of which is particularly aerodynamic, is an automobile industry first. Some cars already feature magnesium but only for moulded parts made from magnesium powder (e.g.

Plug-in 370

Plug-in MPG Hybrid Plug 370

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2020

The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. University of New Mexico aims to develop advanced gas sensors (mixed potential electrochemical [MPE]) coupled with advanced computation (artificial neural networks).

Gas 186

Gas Gas-Electric West Virginia Carbon Fiber 186