BMW's carbon fiber parts will soon be replaced with a lightweight, flax-based natural fiber, and it's hitting mass production for consumer cars soon.

New P7 sedan features scissor doors, carbon-look trim, and up to 586 horsepower. Chrome and purple-wrapped prototypes spotted testing on public Chinese roads.

The EU stated this week that carbon fiber will be removed from a hazardous materials list in a proposed amendment to its End of Life Vehicles Directive.

A new EU draft proposal could classify carbon fiber as hazardous automotive material. Ban would threaten carmakers relying on carbon fiber to cut EV weight and improve range. Even if passed, the ...

The lightness and strength of carbon fiber have made it a near-ubiquitous means of reducing the weight of new cars, especially heavier, battery-laden electric vehicles. However, the European Union ...

Materials Japan's carbon fiber makers at risk from mooted EU crackdown Material described as harmful in draft revision to bloc's car disposal rules ...

The owner of this particular Chevy Silverado ZR2 1500 took it upon themselves to wrap their cabin in faux carbon, and the end result actually looks pretty good.

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Today, carbon-fiber materials are nearly ubiquitous in the industrialized world, found in everything from hockey sticks to passenger airliners. With hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon fiber ...