Actually, most of the automotive industries were using carbon fiber to reduce their weight vehicle. For electric vehicle, losing pounds can also be a key to meet its upcoming CAFÉ regulations and also help increase the range it can travel. When I read autoblog, a new report was made by Toyota and reported in Ward’s Auto suggests that this material has some downsides that make it a questionable choice for going green.
You know why, carbon fiber is the lightest material rather than aluminum and magnesium. That’s why many big automakers industry like BMW and Merc are leading the way in using carbon fiber. For example, 2013 BMW choose carbon fiber to outfit its Megacity electric vehicle with a carbon body. Plus with other European and Asianstarted to experimenting with new manufacturing and fabricating techniques to lower the material’s high cost.
The sources from Toyota said that carbon fiber production creates more CO2 per pound than any other automotive material in use today.
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