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GM And Teijin Hope To Bring Carbon Fiber To The Masses

December 9, 2011 by  
Filed under Automotive, GM

Carbon fiber fabric. Image: Erik Charlton

Carbon fiber is incredibly light, incredibly strong and also incredibly expensive. The materials used to make carbon fiber components aren’t particularly rare or pricey, but the conventional manufacturing process is labor intensive, requiring specialized industrial equipment to produce light but strong parts. There have been recent breakthroughs in material science, such as the carbon composites developed between Boeing, the University of Washington and Lamborghini, but these are still priced beyond practical implementation in the average family sedan. Read more

Japanese Tuner Hints at Carbon Fiber Wide Body Nissan GT-R R35

December 28, 2009 by  
Filed under Automotive, Featured, News, Nissan, Tuners

All of you Carbon Fiber junkies come and join me on the Nissan GT-R bandwagon as a Japanese tuner Original Runduce hints at a full carbon-fiber wide-body Nissan GT-R R35.

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