Automotive

Automotive 12 Jul 2021

McLaren Racing accelerates F1 car development

Through a partnership with E-Xstream Engineering, the racing company plans to optimize design decisions.

Mass Transit 7 Jul 2021

TRB Lightweight Structures earns contract for design, manufacture of composite detrainment systems

State-of-the-art emergency detrainment systems for 94 nine-car train sets to meet stringent fire and impact requirements, replace London Underground Piccadilly Line rolling stock.

Automotive 6 Jul 2021

Toray opens Resins Technical Center in Europe

New center to assist and support in customer development, address digital design for high-performance resins, increase simulation of fiber-reinforced parts and drive automotive application solutions.

Wind/Energy 1 Jul 2021

175 composites editorials and counting

This is my 175th CW editorial. That’s 104,322 words. I created a word cloud to celebrate.

Mass Transit 25 Jun 2021

Magrail technology to undergo feasibility testing in Italy

An MOU between Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Nevomo aids to verify the feasibility of the composite hyperloop-inspired transportation technology, with a goal to eventually integrate it with European railway systems.

Electric Vehicles 23 Jun 2021

Honda discontinues Clarity fuel cell and plug-in hybrid models

Production is ceasing August 2021 as part of a broader push to trim underperforming models and evolving strategies to sell only battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles by 2040.

Automotive 23 Jun 2021

Hexagon Purus to deliver composite storage systems for hydrogen vehicle prototypes

Hydrogen storage systems will be supplier to clean mobility company, Keyou, for internal combustion engine bus and truck projects, with first deliveries slated for November 2021.

Prepregs 22 Jun 2021

Nèos International establishes new HQ, composites facility in the U.K.

The 60,000-square-foot plant in Derby, U.K., will be the centerpiece of the Nèos Composites subsidiary and provide a new headquarters for the larger Nèos International.

Automotive 18 Jun 2021

Optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composites

Approach developed by Tokyo University of Science for manufacturing carbon fibers with optimized orientation and thickness achieves more than a 5% weight reduction in fiber-reinforced materials.