CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 29, 2022

NREL researchers create plant-derived epoxy that enables recyclable carbon fiber. Ten times stronger than steel, nearly half the weight of aluminum, far stiffer than fiberglass — carbon fiber carries a package of advantages, making it a preferred material for use in luxury sedans and Formula One racecars alike.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Electric Vehicles Market 102

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

PD Glasseiden, a Germany-based producer of fiberglass; European Carbon Fiber GmbH; and the ForschungsCampus Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V., In the first step at a location in Chemnitz, Saxony, CarboSax will build a pilot line for the sustainable production of carbon fibers.

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Carbon Fiber Germany Carbon Production 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

It contains carbon fiber that serves simultaneously as an electrode, conductor, and load-bearing material. The structural battery uses carbon fiber as a negative electrode, and a lithium iron phosphate-coated aluminum foil as the positive electrode. GPa, and tensile strength exceeding 300?MPa. Image: Marcus Folino.

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Carbon Fiber Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 416

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and commercialize carbon fiber and derivatives. The joint venture will develop and globally market a broad range of products and technical service support in the rapidly expanding carbon-fiber based composites industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

jointly announced that, toward the achievement of carbon neutrality, they will take on the challenge of expanding fuel options through the use of internal combustion engines at the (three-hour) Super Taikyu Race in Okayama on 13-14 November. The challenge of transporting hydrogen fuel. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,

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Mazda Hydrogen Toyota Transportation 387

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

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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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Mitsubishi 133

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2024

The two companies are mum on the details, but a quick look at Toray’s product lineup indicates that carbon fiber is. That’s the motivation behind the big news about Hyundai’s newly announced partnership with the advanced materials firm Toray Industries.

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Hyundai Carbon Fiber Electric Vehicles Vehicles 113

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2014

(c) The sketch of Li 2 O 2 grown on a coral-like carbon fiber. Besides, carbon materials in oxygen electrodes have been proven to decompose accompanying the electrolyte decomposition, particularly at high overpotentials. Credit: ACS, Shui et al. Click to enlarge. —Shui et al. Batteries'

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Li-ion Batteries 239

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost. 3M Company.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As most readers know, Tesla plans on introducing structural battery packs at some point in the near future. By using the battery pack’s container and the battery cells themselves for rigidity, the overall weight of the vehicle can be reduced.

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Carbon Fiber Future Batteries Battery 118

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2021

million, three-stage competition will work to develop affordable, manufacturable materials that conduct electricity more efficiently and upgrade the US manufacturing and transportation infrastructures. The 10 teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5-million,

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 20, 2023

Here at CleanTechnica, we’re definitely disappointed in the Corvette E-Ray. While a BEV would have been preferable, GM couldn’t even be bothered to make it a plugin hybrid with real EV range. But, we did find out something cool that we missed when the news first broke: that the E-Ray comes with some innovative lightweight […]

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Carbon Fiber Plugin Carbon PHEV 120

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Supported by a grant from the Niche Vehicle Network, supported by the Department for Transport and Innovate UK, the project will adapt the design of the Yamaha Tricity 300 to replace its combustion engine with a fully electric powertrain with fast-charging capability and a targeted 100 mile operating range.

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Motorcycles Fully Electric Concept Electric Motorcycles 397

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2020

NPROXX was formed in 2018 in a split from EMS, a leading supplier of high-quality carbon fiber products and specialist manufacturing services. When used for hydrogen storage in hydrogen fuel-cell trucks or buses, these carbon fiber-reinforced vessels can result in a weight reduction in the gas containment system.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Installation 418

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

This magnified image shows aluminum deposited on carbon fibers in a battery electrode. It reacts chemically with the glass fiber separator, which physically divides the anode and the cathode, causing the battery to short circuit and fail. A paper on the work is published in Nature Energy. —Lynden Archer, senior author.

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Batteries Battery Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion 454

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. Composite Technology Development, Inc.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Transportation Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2022

In order for Advanced Air Mobility to become a wide-spread mode of transportation, every detail—from the passenger experience to regulations and infrastructure—needs to be addressed from the start and work in lockstep with one another. —Jaiwon Shin.

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Hyundai Concept International Motor 221

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

The companies will also team-up to expand the adoption of non-metallic materials across a wide range of applications, including the use of carbon fiber and carbon fiber-reinforced plastic. The vision aims to create a worldwide hydrogen society that leverages hydrogen technologies beyond the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

These projects will help decarbonize the transportation sector and enhance the infrastructure needed to support the growing adoption of zero-emission vehicles. Wholly Sustainable, Cost-Effective Carbon Fiber-Nylon Compounds. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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General Motors Carbon Fiber Vehicles Motor 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

This investment will support transformational research and development (R&D), innovative hydrogen concepts that will encourage market expansion and increase the scale of hydrogen production, storage, transport, and use.

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Market Carbon Fiber Hydrogen Energy Storage 207

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

The APC forecasts that the UK will need 14GW of fuel cell stack production and 400,000 high pressure carbon fiber tanks annually to meet local vehicle production demands by 2035 while the market expects that there could be as many as 3 million fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) on the road globally by 2030.

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Hydrogen Building Fuel Carbon Fiber 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2022

In particular, fiber reinforced plastics, which are increasingly used for industrial purposes particularly in the transportation field such as aircraft and electric vehicles, will require more advanced, environmentally conscious design efforts in the future.

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Carbon Fiber Manufacturer Emissions Design 352

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2019

H2@Scale supports innovations to produce, store, transport, and utilize hydrogen across multiple sectors, covering collaborations between various industry stakeholders and national laboratories. Advanced Carbon Fiber for Compressed Hydrogen and Natural Gas Storage Tanks. Fuel Cell R&D for Heavy-Duty Applications. up to 2 MW).

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Market Carbon Fiber Hydrogen Mariner 195

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2018

In a paper in the journal Small , the team reports that the metal/metal oxide@N-doped graphitic carbon fibers—especially Co 3 O 4 —exhibit comparable ORR catalytic activity but superior stability and methanol tolerance versus the industry-standard platinum in alkaline solutions. Tang et al. Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Fiber Fuel Polymer Carbon 244

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

With a full carbon-fiber structure, X2 weighs 560 kilograms (empty aircraft with battery) and has the maximum take-off weight of 760 kilograms with a capacity of two passengers. Powered purely by electricity, X2 has no carbon dioxide emissions during flight, in line with the company’s goal of green urban transportation.

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Carbon Fiber Vehicles China Transportation 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2023

Fisker Ronin is an all-electric four-door convertible GT sports car—a true five-seat GT with a carbon fiber hard-top convertible, four butterfly doors, a high-tech luxury interior, and futuristic exterior design. An integrated battery pack powers Ronin to a targeted 600-plus mile range.

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Alaska Fisker Carbon Fiber Convert 354

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2022

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. To date, hydrogen fuel tanks have been attached to the vehicle chassis, rather than incorporated as an integral part of the chassis.

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Pininfarina Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Mariner 344

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Hyzon believes the key to decarbonizing transport in the near-term requires overcoming the hydrogen infrastructure challenges. Transform’s innovative technology avoids combustion entirely by turning these abundant resources into hydrogen, a carbon-free fuel, and into useful building-blocks for important industrial chemicals.

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Hydrogen Renewable Production Motor 259

Electrek

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Built with carbon fiber and up to 30 kW of electric power, the Tender 400 is light and agile, whether it’s sitting on the stern, or transporting up to six people to and from shore. Despite being a tiny vessel, the SILENT Tender 400 was built with the same design standards as Silent Yachts’ larger boats. Have a look.

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All-Electric Carbon Fiber Solar Electric 72

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

An MoU between HHI, Bahri, and IMI (Joint Venture between Saudi Aramco, HHI, Lamprell, Bahri), covering ship building, and transportation as potential areas of cooperation. An MoU with Hyosung Group to build a carbon fiber manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia. Hyundai Oilbank. GS Holdings.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It plans to do this in order to meet the expected growth in worldwide demand for electric vehicles (EV) leading up to the year 2040, by which time these are expected to become the default mode of transportation. Toho Tenax America , the Teijin Group’s US-based carbon fiber business, will be providing the Tenax carbon fiber to both teams.

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Solar Carbon Fiber Michigan Universal 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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Carbon Fiber Low Cost Carbon Manufacturer 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

The 2017 FOA solicited early-stage materials research to advance the Department’s goals of enabling economic and efficient transportation via fuel cell electric vehicles that use hydrogen fuel produced from diverse domestic resources. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. DOE share (FY17).

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Low Cost 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Low Cost Carbon Fiber for Lightweight Materials. Projects will develop and integrate a suite of computational tools that can accurately predict precursors for low cost carbon fiber. Models will be validated using actual performance data.

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Carbon Fiber Low Cost Vehicles Li-ion 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

In fact, remarkable structural changes and volume expansion are associated with this mechanism, eventually leading to pulverization and loss of contact between active material particles and the current collector, which result in poor electron and ion transport limiting the overall cycle-life. —Maroni et al. Resources. Maroni et al.

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Li-ion Conversion Carbon Fiber Batteries 170

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Unassuming Speed McLaren lets you know right away the GT is a serious driver’s car—the carbon fiber steering wheel is void of all buttons and controls for the audio, telephone and cruise control—meaning serious driving ahead. The roof with a fixed glass panel slopes to the carbon fiber deck lid with a window over the 14.8

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Carbon Fiber Clean Cleaning Carbon 90

Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’ve learned that the Helix will come available in three separate packages of varying customizations and added features: Package 1 – Includes white and carbon fiber exterior finish, digital flight panel, canopy, HD landing camera, charger, vehicle cart, custom marking, comprehensive pilot training, and warranty. Base price – $190,000.

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