BMW is also talking up its use of secondary carbon fiber – waste material from i3 and i8 production – that can be used for items like IP support structures, seat frames and spare wheels in ...

For now, though, the company’s shared SGL facility in Washington is where the i3 and i8 begin life. The carbon-fiber weave produced there winds its way to Wackersdorf, Bavaria, where it’s ...

Washington carbon-fiber plant to triple output. Read more at Car and Driver ... Will Travel: Tracing the Carbon Fiber in BMW’s i3 and i8 to Its Source; First Drive: 2015 BMW i8; BMW i3 Research ...

BMW has plans to use carbon fiber in its vehicles beyond the likes of the BMW i8 and BMW i3, the company also uses the lightweight material in its M range of cars.. BMW is in partnership with SGL ...

The i8's use of carbon fiber underscores how it is slowly becoming a mainstream material as makers find more efficient composites and ways to produce ... BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. Seats: four; ...

BMW offers a surround-view camera for the i8 to help keep its carbon-fiber body panels unscathed. The i8 offers the same split-screen view as other BMW models, here showing navigation on the left ...

The BMW i8 is a revolutionary car by any definition you might find in the dictionary. It’s development (together with the i3) cost BMW over €2 billion and that could be a win or lose situation ...

BMW is looking to use waste material from the i3 and i8 EVs to make carbon fiber wheels for its cars.

BMW M3 CRT – Click above for high-res image gallery. Pictured above is the BMW M3 CRT. In this case, CRT is short for Carbon Racing Technologies, according to BMW.While the BMW M3 CRT is not ...

The BMW i8 is the most significant and forward thinking car on the road today. ... Yes, it has a race derived engine and super impressive tech, but the i8 is a carbon fiber hybrid supercar, ...

This time, however, the roles have changed, as a London-based fashion house presented a carbon-fiber dress, inspired by BMW’s i program and specifically, the i8.