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Teijin’s Sereebo now in use for GM as first CFRTP for high-volume production vehicles

Green Car Congress

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. This is the first use of CFRTP for structural parts in a high-volume production vehicle. billion by 2030.

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

Green Car Congress

The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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2023 BMW X7 Review - Go With The Flow

The Truth About Cars

For the price of a starter home in rural parts of the country - or a month’s rent on a Chelsea studio - you can have a six-seat chariot capable of hurtling across vast swaths of tarmac at frightening velocity. Yeah, the black leather paired with black carbon fiber (simulated?) The interior, conversely, looks rather good.

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