Electric Vehicles

Styrene & cobalt: Headed for the exit?

Fair or not, styrene and cobalt are now considered harmful to humans. Here's an update on the impact this issue poses for the composites industry and what resin and additive manufacturers are doing about it.

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RTM

2014 North American International Auto Show Review

Detroit’s annual automotive industry showcase highlights the rapid pace of innovation.

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Composite flywheels: Finally picking up speed?

A wave of new composite flywheel developments for bus, rail, auto, heavy truck, construction equipment, and power grid support promises fuel savings, improved efficiency and reduced emissions — i.e. sustainability in the global quest for more energy.

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Automotive

Walmart uses CFRP to boost efficiency

The new Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) truck uses carbon fiber to cut 4,000 lb/1,814 kg and includes 53-ft/16.2m long, one-piece CFRP trailer panels.

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At NAIAS, composites not difficult to find

With CAFE requirements steadily increasing each year, en route to 54.5 mpg by 2025, automakers of all stripes are working composites into new and concept cars.

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Automotive CFRP: The shape of things to come

CAFE and CO2 emission standards will drive auto OEMs to fully examine the physics of fuel economy, but will that, at last, steer them toward extensive use of carbon fiber composites?

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Automotive

Composites for every powertrain

CT columnist Dale Brosius, the head of his own consulting company and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), comments on the role composites have played as the automotive powertrain has evolved.

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Natural fiber composite drives automotive sustainability

Coir felt greens an EV, improves lives in developing world.

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Autoclave

Very Light Cars: Driving the future

X Prize-winning technology aims to change vehicle architecture.

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Thermoplastics

Exceeding the Limits

Three novel fiber-reinforced, high-temperature thermoplastics promise part designers a broader means to push past performance barriers.

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