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Enter BMW — with Carbon Fiber

Revenge of the Electric Car

BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. First, the raw feedstock to make carbon fibers–just call it a “polacrylonitrile-based precursor&# –is made in Japan by a joint venture between SGL and Mitsubishi Rayon and flown to the U.S. April 7th, 2010. By John Voelcker Senior Editor.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

Green Car Congress

The Institute will focus on lowering the overall manufacturing costs of advanced composites by 50%, reducing the energy used to make composites by 75% and increasing the recyclability of composites to over 95% within the next decade. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Adherent Technologies, Inc.;

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PNNL joins H2USA consortium on hydrogen infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Hyundai, Honda and Toyota are poised to sell fuel-cell cars within the next two years. Several PNNL projects are aimed at inventing new ways of safely storing hydrogen on board a vehicle or lowering the cost of carbon fiber tanks, and its scientists have developed new catalysts for fuel cells and hydrogen production technologies.

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Road Test: 2022 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

Along with Hyundai and Honda who also have sold FCEVs, since 2012 there have been 14,225 fuel cell cars sold in the United States, nearly all of those in California. First Drive: 2017 Honda Clarity FCEV. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Turbo AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The CX-5 Turbo interior is simple with an all-black color scheme and aluminum accents, steering away from faux wood or carbon fiber. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Mazda gives buyers four seat covering options with cloth on the 2.5 Story by John Faulkner.

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