Carbon Fiber Fuel Economy PHEV 
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2012
The A6 L e-tron PHEV concept. In combined mode, which uses the internal combustion engine and electric motor, customers experience sporty driving performance and better fuel economy. In designing car bodies, developers will intelligently use new combinations of materials, including carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 10, 2011
This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. Increased availability of low cost carbon fiber can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel economy. Plasan Carbon Composites.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2016
In hybrid mode, the Prius Prime exceeds all competitors’ fuel economy ratings with EPA-estimated 55 city/53 highway/54 combined MPG. Additional weight savings come from a Toyota-made lightweight carbon-fiber rear hatch. The EPA-estimated all-electric range is up to 25 miles at up to 84 mph. Pricing starts at $27,100.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Mazda believes that it is important to provide customers with a variety of options to achieve carbon neutrality. Meanwhile, fuel economy has been kept the same. (If If output were to be set the same as that at the time of the Fuji Super TEC 24-hour race, fuel economy would improve by about 20%.).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2010
The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles. Development of Low-Cost Carbon Fiber. AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials. Subtopics include: Low-Cost Development of Magnesium.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 31, 2021
The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) 2021 Polestar 1 is powered by a 2.0-liter, Carbon Fiber Exterior. Carbon fiber curves. The exterior, constructed completely of lightweight carbon fiber, was responsible for head-snapping whiplash among passersby. Other expensive PHEVs. News: 2023 BMW XM PHEV Revealed.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2012
EERE’s Vehicles Technologies Program (VTP) is focused on developing technologies to enable average new vehicle fuel economy of more than 60 mpg (3.9 Applicants are sought to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies which support commercialization of micro, mild, and full HEVs, PHEVs, and EVs.
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