Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2014

Carbon fiber now appears poised to enter the mainstream of automotive materials, but a less high-tech material could be waiting in the wings as well. Bamboo could be the next carbon fiber, according to a new article on BBC Autos (only visible in U.S., apparently).

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Carbon Fiber Carbon BBC Renewable 165

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This approach should speed the development of more economical carbon fiber materials. While stronger and lighter than steel, carbon fiber composites are relatively expensive. As part of the project, PNNL also analyzed the costs of long carbon fiber components versus standard steel and fiberglass composites.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Affordable Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

The carbon-fiber exoskeleton allows employees to sit without a chair. covered surfaces support the buttocks and thighs while two struts made of carbon?fiber?reinforced tech supporting structure improves posture and reduces strain on the legs. up company, is an exoskeleton that is worn on the back of the legs. Two leather?covered

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Carbon Fiber Audi Carbon Future 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2014

Ricardo’s TorqStor high speed flywheel energy storage technology ( earlier post ) has been selected to receive the SAE Tech Award, as one of the top five technologies to be on display at the SAE World Congress 8-10 at the COBO Center, Detroit. Ricardo’s TorqStor. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2021

The battery is made from carbon fiber, which is already. Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology claim to have produced a working "structural battery" that can both hold a charge and, as the name says, act as part of a vehicle's structure.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This new EV is packed with tech inside and out, so be sure to read on. more… The post This new HiPhi A hypercar is a carbon fiber-clad collaborative EV teasing an awesome future appeared first on Electrek.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Future Design 118

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2012

These projects include the development and validation of modeling tools to deliver higher performing carbon fiber composites and advanced steels, as well as research into new lightweight, high-strength alloys for energy-efficient vehicle and truck engines. Fiber Thermoplastic Composites. carbon fiber thermoplastic composites.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

Ohio businesses will receive technical and financial support for developing and demonstrating new technologies to produce high-tech component parts for Airbus. Airbus has already committed to a $1 million deal with NCC, the consortium manager, and can issue additional purchase orders over the five-year period of the agreement.

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Ohio Carbon Fiber Universal Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

Ramaco Carbon is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop new, large-scale processes for making graphite from coal. The conversion of coal to higher value materials, such as graphene, graphite or carbon nanotubes, is of high interest, and a number of researchers have proposed processes.

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Electrek

MAY 26, 2021

Following the wildly successful Superstrata 3D-printed carbon fiber electric bicycle last summer, the team behind the Arevo 3D-printers that enabled such tech has a new offering: the Scotsman electric scooter.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Motors Motoring 101

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). It is shaped in Leipzig from carbon fiber scrims and assembled in a unique process developed by the BMW Group.

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BMW Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Wind 418

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2014

The project aims to demonstrate a wide range of advanced technologies and designs Walmart is considering in an effort to improve the overall fuel efficiency of its fleet and lower the company’s carbon footprint. Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience. Laydon Composites Ltd.; and Whiting.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Related to this, DOE seeks by 2020 to develop novel precursors and conversion processes capable of reducing the high-volume cost of high-strength carbon fiber by 25% from $13 per pound to ~$9 per pound. In FY 2014, one area of focus was low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber precursors and advanced tank designs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $33 million in funding for 17 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives (ASCEND) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) programs.

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Carbon Hybrid Electric Electrical 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2010

Some of the features of the high-tech hot-rod are: The exhaust pipes contain 4 catalytic converters (2 on each side) with pre- and post-catalyst oxygen sensors, giving the hot rod full engine OBD diagnostics and compliance. Carbon Fiber HRE racing wheels. 2010 GM e-38 engine processor, calibrations via Fern at AFVTech.

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2010 Las Vegas Carbon Fiber MPH 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Its partner, the Life module, consists primarily of a high-strength and extremely lightweight passenger cell made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). It will be the world’s first volume-produced vehicle with a passenger cell made from carbon. Carbon fibers are exceptionally tear-resistant longitudinally.

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BMW Design Carbon Fiber Vehicles 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This is reflected in areas of the car such as its optimized aerodynamics, intelligent lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic design as well as extensive use of natural and recycled materials. The CFRP components for the side frame, rain channels, roof frame, cowl panel and rear window frame combine to form a “Carbon Cage”.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

It''s uniquely styled, features high-tech carbon fiber reinforced plastic construction and the minimalist interior is awash with sustainable materials. BMW''s first full-scale production electric car isn''t a vehicle done by half measures.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

To increase FC stack output, Toyota will move production from its current location, within one of the existing buildings at its Honsha Plant in Toyota City, to a brand-new, eight-floor high-tech facility on the same premises, near the original site of the company’s first automobile factory in 1938.

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Hydrogen 2020 Toyota Fuel 321

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

Working with binder developed at Georgia Tech, XGS will optimize the nano-Si/Graphene nanocomposite material by adjusting porosity and density. To further reduce harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide from diesel engines, TDA Research, Inc. nGimat LLC. Treadstone Technologies, Inc.

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Exhaust Wind 2014 Motors 261

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Williston Basin (Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota): University of North Dakota plans to lead a coalition to drive the expansion and transformation of coal and coal-based resource usage within the Williston Basin to extract rare earth elements and critical minerals and produce non-fuel carbon-based products. DOE Funding: $1,204,129.

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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. seconds.

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Teslarati

JUNE 14, 2021

Musk’s updates came as a response to Tesla bull @ajtourville , who inquired if the carbon fiber sleeves of the Model S Plaid’s rotors are direct-wound or pressed-on. The Tesla CEO noted that with the Model S Plaid, “fiber is wound over rotor at high tension load.” We have to keep some secrets!

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Carbon Motoring Motors Motor 145

Electrek

MAY 30, 2025

This weeks closing Green Deals is being led by a massive and unexpected price cut on Heybikes Hero Carbon Fiber All-Terrain e-bikes to new low prices, with the 1,000W rear-hub model at $2,199 ($400 off), while the 750W mid-drive model is at $2,499 ($600 off).

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Carbon Fiber Solar Carbon Green 73

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

This expertise is no more evident than in the high-tech design of the rear wing, validated by Renault Sport Formula One Team’s aerodynamicists and finished in carbon fiber.

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 22, 2024

It’s packed with premium features and a carbon-fiber frame. Hong Kong-based startup Tezeus has unveiled its newest e-bike called the C8.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon 108

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

I am sure that with the concept car and the technology it contains, we will convince loyal, but also tech-forerunner clients, that the new generation of Lamborghini vehicles will open a new chapter in terms of technology, performance, digitalization and driving dynamics. Regenerated carbon. —Rouven Mohr Sustainable materials.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

The LightningElectric fuel cell range extender uses hydrogen stored onboard in high-tech carbon fiber-wrapped pressure vessels equipped with sensors. It is a natural step for Lightning with our extensive experience with sensor-equipped high-pressure composite vessels that we pioneered with our hydraulic hybrid offering.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

Aluminum components in the load-bearing structure and exterior skin, as well as the high-tech steels used in the occupant cell, make the body significantly lighter. In designing car bodies, developers will intelligently use new combinations of materials, including carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

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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InsideEVs

MAY 2, 2023

The funky full-suspension frame is made entirely out of carbon fiber.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon 92

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

Cell production is a key part of battery manufacture, accounting for the highest proportion of added value, notes the SGL Group, which not only supplies the electromobility sector with lightweight solutions based on carbon fiber composites but is also a major producer of graphite and carbon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

With a focus on implementation in volume production, Audi and Voith are looking to apply themselves to developing new, innovative high-tech materials, in addition to industrialization and process engineering for conventional fiber-reinforced polymers. —Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI Ag.

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Audi Polymer Production Carbon Fiber 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

The GMC HUMMER EV EarthCruiser upfit by EarthCruiser features: A carbon fiber EarthCruiser house fully integrated into the chassis of the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup. The fully functional GMC HUMMER EV EarthCruiser upfit is making its public debut at Overland Expo Mountain West in Loveland, Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The aim is to pool expertise from research-based and manufacturing industry (both large and medium-sized companies), science, and trades in a pre-competitive environment in order to strengthen Germany as a high-tech production location and make it the leading battery supplier.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Stelvio features extensive use of ultra-lightweight, hi-tech materials including carbon fiber for the drive shaft and aluminium for the engines, suspension systems, hood, wings, doors and the tailgate. Alfa Romeo Stelvio initially offers a choice of a 280 hp, 2.0 Turbocharged gasoline engine and a 210 hp, 2.2-liter liter diesel.

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SUV Carbon Fiber Diesel Gasoline-Electric 150

Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

In the world of electric bikes, the words “carbon fiber” usually means big bucks. That means carbon fiber electric bikes have always commanded premium prices – at least, until now. In that case, this is a killer deal for a super lightweight carbon fiber electric bike.

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