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MAY 14, 2023

Other partners on the project are bp, capturing hydrogen usage and infrastructure requirements; Cambustion , testing the fuel cell system; Viritech , designing hydrogen storage systems; and Cygnet Texkimp , providing the pressure vessels’ carbon fiber tooling.

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Hydrogen Ford Fuel Carbon Fiber 434

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

The VEGAN features an extremely durable lightweight reinforced aluminum (6061-T6) chassis that weighs under 31 kg and a reinforced fiberglass body with carbon fiber ribs that weighs under 23 kg. The fully concealed cabin offers protection from all external elements.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2022

Pininfarina HAS re-interpreted the Apricale’s initial reference design to create a vision of the future of zero-emissions performance motoring. As the tanks have to withstand extremely high pressure (up to 700 bar or 700 times atmospheric pressure), they are very heavy, even when constructed with carbon fiber.

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Pininfarina Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Mariner 344

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. The CarbonPro bed design also enables best-in-class cargo volume, increasing the already class-leading volume of the Sierra’s roll-formed steel bed by 1 cubic foot.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In its first debut at an aerospace exhibition, X2 will be shown on 28 September at the 13 th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China 2021) in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. X2 adopts a closed cockpit for the first time, with styling that shares the design language of the XPeng P7.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The BMW i3 was the BMW Group’s first purely electrically powered large-scale serial model and also the company’s first vehicle with a passenger cell made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). The Life module made of CFRP is part of a vehicle architecture specific to BMW i and designed for electric mobility from the outset.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

It will also be working closely with GKN to develop the technology for international markets. Instead of a battery, the Gyrodrive system uses a magnetically loaded high-speed carbon-fiber flywheel to store the energy generated by a bus as it slows down to stop.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Ford engineers took a holistic approach to weight reduction by incorporating advanced materials into the entire design of the vehicle, including powertrain, chassis, body, battery ( earlier post ) and interior features such as seats. 19” by 5” carbon fiber wheels. Carbon fiber interior components.

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Carbon Fiber Light Concept Ford 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Genesis unveiled its Essentia Concept at the New York International Auto Show. The all-electric, high-performance concept elevates and reimagines the “Athletic Elegance” design paradigm, while providing a vision of future Genesis product performance and technology. Essentia is the brand’s initial concept for a true GT car.

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New York Concept Carbon Fiber Batteries 170

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Lightweighting has been a key tool for improving the fuel economy of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles over the past years. However, the transition from ICEs to BEVs changes both the goals and the design considerations around lightweighting, Lux says. Much of the drive to lightweight BEVs comes from a desire to extend range.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2019

The new Polestar Production Center in Chengdu, China will produce the Polestar 1—a carbon fiber-bodied Electric Performance Hybrid. In 2019, the Polestar 2 was revealed as the company’s first full electric, higher volume premium car designed to compete around the Tesla Model 3. Polestar Chengdu; the marriage point.

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Production Volvo Carbon Fiber Electric 207

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JANUARY 15, 2015

The company is displaying the CAMISMA seat prototype, which achieves a more than 40% weight reduction against conventionally manufactured seat structures without compromising safety properties, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The four materials are combined in a complex, multilayer structure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

The Qoros Model K-EV will feature an individually powered, high-performance, all-wheel drive system, utilizing the same high performance electric drive-line technology also found in Koenigsegg’s Regera , the limited production plug-in hybrid supercar designed by the Swedish supercar manufacturer. The Koenigsegg Regera drive technology.

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2017 Carbon Fiber Concept Auto 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2017

McLaren Automotive has launched a strategic project to design and develop technology for the next generation of powertrains. The project will also improve the UK’s development and production capabilities of low-CO 2 internal combustion engine technology. This is an exciting project that plays to the strengths of all partners.

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Parts Carbon Fiber BMW Engine 150

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Miltec UV International, LLC. Unique S-cell design for reduction of inactive materials This project will develop a novel S-cell to reduce the inactive battery materials by 50%. Awardees are: AWARD TABLE. Technology. Federal share. Energy storage (Area of Interest 1). Parthian Energy LLC. University of Colorado Boulder. 1,988,042.

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Engine Carbon Fiber Fuel Batteries 231

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APRIL 23, 2020

For example, the S-in motion Battery Pack concept includes design options with a tray, without a tray, and different material strategies are considered. Lightweighting emerges as a major factor in BEV design. Today, BEV manufacturers are convinced that lightweighting remains a major topic for BIW design.

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Carbon Fiber Emissions Carbon Batteries 365

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Current state-of-the-art hydrogen storage vessels for fuel cell electric vehicles are cost prohibitive because of the necessary carbon fiber. This project will seek to reduce the cost of these vessels by 25% by using less expensive fibers in a graded construction of the vessel wall. Nextgen Aeronautics, Inc.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Transportation Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Teijin Limited announced that carbon fiber sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin, or prepreg, made by Toho Tenax Co., the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, is used in the lightweight body of a new 1.1 MW electric racecar operated by Team APEV with Monster Sport.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

A team led by Local Motors is 3D-printing a full vehicle body over 44 hours during the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 and will follow it up with a first drive set to take place the morning of Saturday, 13 September. SABIC’s LNP STAT-KON carbon fiber-reinforced compound. The Strati is being 3D-printed at IMTS.

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Motor Motors Motoring Carbon Fiber 303

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Spearheading this development is Electric Motor Design Lead Dragos-Mihai Postariu who comments: The Quark is designed to bolster the low-speed range of the Gemera, where you need it, for brutal acceleration. Direct cooling was chosen for its higher cooling efficiency and compact design.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

From the start, it was decided the electric G-Class should be at least as good as the internal-combustion-engine model both on road and off road,” Shiller explained. With an additional layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer compound, the casing is “designed to protect the battery at all times.”

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Mercedes Carbon Fiber Electric Electrical 52

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

This method is a free-form, tool-less additive manufacturing process which produces uniform, near isotropic properties with build fidelity and nearly limitless design possibilities. OPM’s additive manufacturing process is known as selective laser melting. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 13, 2016

Designed, engineered and hand-built by graduate students at Clemson University’s International Center for Automotive Research ( CU-ICAR ), the vehicle is the result of a two-year collaboration with Toyota Motor North America designers and engineers. —Craig Payne.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Even the load capability can be different: the e-motor scalability and the specific gear design, that grants robustness and a wide ratio range, enable it to be used in different vehicles categories, such as passenger, light and heavy commercial. TheF1C NG is fitted to the International Van of the Year 2018 winner.

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Concept Industrial Industry Fuel 236

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For this, molten aluminum is poured into a mould made from compacted sand mixed with resin in a process specially designed for this small-series vehicle. The hydrogen needed to supply the fuel cell is stored in two 700-bar tanks made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP).

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Baua Electric

JULY 15, 2023

The idea that includes a design through Anthony Jannarelly, the clothier at the back of the Jannarelly Design-1 sports activities automobile, and is slated to spawn a manufacturing type in past due 2025 or early please see the time. Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Hyundai N seen its first electrical car within the mode of the Ioniq 5 N.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

will show the Golf GTE Sport concept plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. Unveiled at the annual Wörthersee festival in Austria earlier this year, the concept features a carbon fiber body and a three power unit, all-wheel drive system.

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Plug-in Concept Plug Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Lightning Hybrids, designer and manufacturer of hydraulic brake regeneration systems for medium- and heavy-duty fleet vehicles, has been awarded a full US utility patent for the fourth generation of its parallel hybrid system. Advanced manufacturing technologies helped us iterate our designs quickly to get to a finished product.

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Hybrid Carbon Fiber Grant Store 150

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Ultra-Light Door Design, Manufacturing and Demonstration (Area of Interest 2). Vehma International of America. This project will design, develop, and demonstrate an ultra- light hybrid composite door and utilize predictive engineering (PE) to identify robust material and process design cycles. TPI Composites.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2015

Up to a 35% gain in fuel efficiency in heavy drive cycles is achieved by regenerating the braking energy that is normally wasted to heat, and using this energy instead of the internal combustion engine for acceleration. Steelhead Composites manufactures accumulators from aluminum tubing and spun carbon fiber. Click to enlarge.

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Hybrid Carbon Fiber Store International 150

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Archer Midnight is a piloted electric plane designed to make quick journeys around congested cities. Shortly after that, in 2025, Archer will begin service between New York City and Newark International Airport, with numerous routes planned for the future. The final challenge that was addressed briefly was affordability.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Plasan Carbon Composites. Vehma International of America, Inc. . $6,000,000. Zoltek Companies, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2013

The AEGT all-electric GT racing car designed, built and tested in extreme conditions by Quimera, with technical supervision by Altran, features a carbon fiber monocoque chassis, and a powertrain delivering up to 700 bhp (522 kW). This partnership is aligned with our strategy to evolve our internal R&D program.

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Vehicles Carbon Fiber Electric Electrical 252

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

An Advanced Meso-Scale Peridynamic Modeling Technology Using High Performance Computing for Cost-Effective Product Design and Testing of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites in Light-Weight Vehicles – Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) will improve the prediction of crash response of carbon composites in auto parts.

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Hydrogen Vehicles Maintenance Carbon Fiber 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

SGL Group brings its long-established expertise as a component developer to the project, and is responsible for the development of the gas diffusion layers (GDL), which will be manufactured based on carbon fibers. Gerd Wingefeld, Chief Technology Officer at SGL Group. Sehkyu Park, Jong-Won Lee, Branko N. 2011.12.148.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber South Carolina Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

Toyota’s carbon fiber closure panels for the 2017 Prius Prime and Lexus LC500 ( earlier post ), and Faurecia’s Adaptive Valve for exhaust systems employed on the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado took the top honors for the module category. The combination of the two materials contribute to weight savings of 18.5 pounds per vehicle.

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Chrysler 2017 Toyota Minivan 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

The team will build on ORNL’s success in developing low-cost carbon-fibers, composites, smart polymer materials, and non-destructive evaluation methods by leveraging expertise of partners on coating deposition and robotic inspection tools for smart repair of gas pipes. General Electric Global Research.

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