Lightweighting: Getting The Lead and Steel And Cast Iron Out Of Tomorrow’s Cars.
The late Colin Chapman, the revered race car and sports car designer, is often credited with the quote “To add speed, add lightness.” If he were alive today, he’d likely put more emphasis on that maxim...
View ArticleMini Exploring Carbon Fiber Applications with Rocketman Concept
The Mini Rocketman concept could help the British marque and parent BMW usher in a new era of ultra-light, super-strong carbon fiber, a material that could be especially useful to offset heavy...
View ArticleWill New Mileage Rules Force Shift from Steel to Carbon Fiber?
A new survey suggests that an automotive revolution is underway. With the industry facing a new 54.5 mpg mandate it could mean the most dramatic shift in automotive materials since the era of Henry...
View ArticleGM Hopes to Take Carbon Fiber to the Masses
It's light and incredibly strong. But carbon fiber is also prohibitively expensive - or has been until now. But GM has entered a joint venture with a Japanese firm that may have found a way to mass...
View ArticleAustralian Firm Aims to Reinvent the Wheel
A small Australian start-up is out to reinvent the wheel. Known as Carbon Revolution, the firm has developed what it claims to be the world’s first wheels made of carbon fiber -- a super-light material...
View ArticleFeds to Fund New Lightweight Metals Manufacturing Project in Detroit
Obama will announce a new, $140 million institute to speed development of lightweight metals and other materials -- a program that could translate into more fuel-efficient cars and aircraft -- as well...
View ArticleFord Unveils Ultra-Light Fusion Sedan Concept
Ford will trim 700 pounds off the weight of its new F-150 truck, but it may one day shave as much as 800 pounds off a midsize Fusion sedan, if its radical Lightweight Concept is any indication....
View ArticleFord Plants to Boost Use of Carbon Fiber
When Ford’s new GT supercar makes its way into production next year it will make extensive use of super-light carbon fiber. But the Detroit maker's new joint venture is aimed at moving carbon fiber...
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