Carbon fiber is light and strong, making it suitable for aircraft, wind turbines, and medical equipment, but poor conductivity limits its use in electronic applications. This can be remedied with ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. Carbon fiber is a brilliant high-performance material with excellent strength-to-weight properties, but it remains expensive and impractical to ...

GM recently pulled the sheets on the new 2026 GMC Hummer EV, and with it, the debut of the exclusive Carbon Fiber Edition variant. Available for both the 3X Pickup and SUV configurations, the Hummer ...

Carbon fiber's blend of incredible strength and low weight has revolutionized modern engineering. Today, you see it in everything from wind turbines and airplanes to carbon fiber car parts and sports ...

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Update: It looks like carbon fiber has dodged a regulatory bullet – for now. A representative from the European Parliament told Motor1 Italia that it plans to drop the lightweight material from the ...

European regulators might drop the ban hammer on carbon fiber due to health and environmental concerns. Lawmakers are floating the idea of adding it to the list of banned hazardous materials, which ...

Update, 11:45am EDT, 4/15/2025: The European Parliament has told Motor1 Italia that carbon fiber will be removed from the amendment that would have placed it on the list of unhealthy materials in ...

A new draft revision of the European Union’s End of Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive could lead to the classification of carbon fiber as a hazardous material, potentially banning its use in cars by 2029.

McLaren has been on the bleeding edge of carbon fiber technology for more than 40 years now. It all started way back in the '80s when it started using carbon fiber in the construction of its Formula 1 ...