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Research Backed By BMW Halfway To Carbon-Fiber Cost 90% Lower

Green Car Reports

One case in point is carbon fiber, which is light and strong, but also expensive. Now, a research firm partially funded by BMW--which uses large amounts of carbon fiber in its i3 electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid--claims to be on the verge of slashing this material''s.'

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BMW i3 Electric Car, i8 Plug-In Hybrid: First Rides For Journalist

Green Car Reports

Two of the most exciting electric vehicles due over the next few years both originate from German automaker, BMW. The i3 city car and i8 sports car are both clean-sheet designs, developed from the ground up as plug-in vehicles.

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Next BMW 7-Series To Use 'Carbon Core' Based on i3 Electric Car Body

Green Car Reports

The BMW i3 electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid sport coupe are audacious examples of advanced technology in many ways. Not the least of it are body shells made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) mounted atop an aluminum rolling platform carrying the powertrains and crash structures.

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BMW i3 Faces VW e-Golf, Mercedes B-Class Electric Cars In New Reviews

Green Car Reports

The BMW i3 electric car takes risks, and not just with its plug-in powertrain. A radical design and carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell make the i3 unlike most other cars on the road.

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Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid, BMW 7 Series Goes Carbon, 2016 Chevy Volt Order Guide: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

We lead off today with two big luxury car stories. The Cadillac CT6 plug-in hybrid debuts at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show, while the next BMW 7 Series will adopt carbon-fiber technology from the i3 electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News' Catch up on last week''s.

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2017 BMW i3 REx: drive review of range-extended electric car

Green Car Reports

When the history of modern electric cars is written, the BMW i3 will likely go down as something of an anomaly. Its carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic body shell, aluminum underpinnings, and battery-electric powertrain with an optional range extender are a combination not offered by any other maker, now or perhaps ever.

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If BMW i5 is canceled, what does that mean for its electric cars?

Green Car Reports

When it launched in 2013, the BMW i3 electric car was arguably the most futuristic automobile in mass production anywhere in the world.

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