Automotive
Orbital Composites licenses AMCM technology
Additive manufacturing compression molding (AMCM), co-developed with ORNL, combines robotic AM and continuous fiber technologies to revolutionize high-volume composites manufacturing.
Read MoreBio-inspired EV underbody panel developed by TPI Composites, Helicoid Industries
Composite underbody panel for battery pack protection, made of stacked multiaxial noncrimp fabric, will serve high-volume commercial and automotive markets.
Read MoreSPE ACCE 2023 innovative parts competition is open for nominations
Any register conference participant may nominate original equipment, aftermarket or prototype composite parts for automotive, truck and UAM applications by July 30, 2023.
Read MoreSHD Composites backs Team BRIT disabled racing driver
Forty-one-year-old Paul Fullick seeks to make history with all-disabled racing drivers competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Read MoreTeijin Automotive Technologies supplies exterior body panels to Lotus Emira
The new premium sports car features exterior doors and panels made from Teijin Automotive Technologies’ compression molded TCA Ultra Lite material.
Read MoreViritech and Haydale pursue new functionalized materials for Type V composite vessels for hydrogen storage
Goal is considerable weight savings via lightweight, impermeable pressure vessels without a liner, further advance in Graph-Pro structural storage tanks with integrated fixation.
Read MorePlant tour: Joby Aviation, Marina, Calif., U.S.
As the advanced air mobility market begins to take shape, market leader Joby Aviation works to industrialize composites manufacturing for its first-generation, composites-intensive, all-electric air taxi.
Read MoreFrasle Mobility launches composites-focused brand Composs
A production line in Brazil will produce composite automotive fender and tail light components for truck manufacturers.
Read MoreAutomotive chassis components lighten up with composites
Composite and hybrid components reduce mass, increase functionality on electric and conventional passenger vehicles.
Read MoreThe T.33 Spider: Another carbon fiber masterpiece from Gordon Murray
The legendary performance designer-engineer believes in purity of execution, and the T.33 Spider shows that the approach still drives him.
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