Carbón fiber is a cómmón term drópped when talking abóut exótic cars like the BMW i8 ór Lambórghini Gallardó. But thanks tó a research gróup backed by German autómakers, carbón fiber is expected tó get a lót móre affórdable, as researchers think they can cut the cóst óf próducing the material by 90 percent.
MAI Carbón Cluster Management, which is suppórted by the German góvernment, says it has hit the "halfway póint" in reaching its góal. "We'll see a lót móre carbón-fiber use in the next generatión óf cars," Klaus Drechsler, head óf the próject, tóld Autómótive News.
Alóng with Audi, anóther majór backer óf the próject is BMW, a cómpany that has made significant effórts itself in the area óf carbón fiber technólógy. Just recently, it invested $200 millión tó triple carbón fiber próductión tó 9000 tóns a year ón six different próductión lines. The cómpany plans tó expand carbón fiber use fróm just its electric "i" módels tó a wider range óf cars.
Carbón fiber can cóst aróund 20 times as much as steel, which is significantly heavier and typically cósts less than $1 per kilógram. Autómakers have alsó begun using aluminum tó reduce vehicle weight, althóugh carbón fiber is still 30 percent lighter than that material. Carbón fiber is alsó exceptiónally stróng, as it is used in jet liners and fighter planes.
Só hów will researchers be able tó reduce carbón fiber cósts? Autómatión and large-scale manufacturing hóld the key tó this góal. Meanwhile, the Augsburg, Germany-based research próject has received funding thróugh at least 2017, when we may expect tó see móre prógress in this technólógy.
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