Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2012
Ford Motor Company is partnering with Dow Automotive Systems, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, to research the use of advanced carbon fiber composites in high-volume vehicles. Carbon fiber composites have been used in aerospace and racing cars for decades due to their unique combination of high strength and low mass.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2016
LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2009
L/100km (96 mpg US), with 70 mpg highway. The car features a safety frame of aluminium, steel and carbon fiber. models), incorporates a variation on the two-cylinder TDI hybrid powertrain from the L1 concept unveiled earlier this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2012
liters per 100 kilometers (112 mpg US) under the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), with CO 2 emissions of 49 g/km—less than half the current average for B-segment cars. By pursuing weight reduction, a more-efficient powertrain and reduced air resistance, the FT-Bh offers fuel consumption of 2.1
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2014
US mpg) fuel economy, equivalent to CO 2 emissions of 59 g/km (94.95 The brake calipers grip large, carbon fiber-ceramic brake discs, and the tire size is 285/30 R 21. The splitter, which is made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), is shifted far to the front, as on a race car. l/100 km (94.09
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2013
GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
liters per 100 kilometers (94 mpg US )—a CO 2 equivalent of 59 grams per kilometer (95 g/mile). The doors and fenders are made of aluminum, and the roof, the engine hood and the rear hatch are made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer. seconds with fuel consumption of 2.5 System torque is 800 N·m (590 lb-ft).
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