Automotive

Carbon Fibers 5 Oct 2023

Purdue researchers develop new type of intelligent architected materials

Phase transforming cellular materials (PXCM) exhibit intelligent responses to external forces and stimuli, can dissipate energy to avoid damage and are being developed for transportation, military and other applications that can use composites.

Electric Vehicles 27 Sep 2023

Envalior offers novel Tepex composite for EV battery housings

Low-thickness, recyclable thermoplastic composite passes strict thermal runaway tests for EV battery housings.

Composites 4.0 26 Sep 2023

Next-gen composites manufacturing: Combining material, machine and mold cavity data with analytics

Using a sensor, an edge device and machine learning software, sensXPERT sees into processes and is improving quality and cutting scrap, cycle time and energy use for composites customers like ZF and Carbon Revolution.

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Automotive 25 Sep 2023

Aptera reveals first composite production parts for BinC vehicle

Pre-production efforts are underway to begin building production-intent vehicles.

Carbon Fibers 22 Sep 2023

British supercar is lightweighted using Hypetex colored carbon fiber

The bespoke BAC Mono R uses Hypetex titanium carbon fiber twill body for a distinctive aesthetic finish without the need for paint, for up to eight times more weight savings and maximized performance.

Recycling 21 Sep 2023

Toray, Honda to jointly validate chemical nylon 6 recycling

Partners have begun verifying depolymerization and monomer separation and refining technologies using subcritical water for recovery of glass fiber-reinforced nylon 6 automotive parts, to be eventually broadened into other applications.

Trends 20 Sep 2023

Aptera joins forces with C.P.C. Group to accelerate solar EV production

Specialized composite bodies are being produced in Modena, Italy, for Aptera’s BinC vehicle, enabling eventual manufacturing ramp-up of 40 vehicles/day to meet demand targets.

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