Automotive

The automotive industry is no stranger to composites. In addition to enabling groundbreaking vehicle designs, composites are also being used to reduce vehicle weight and cut CO2 emissions.

Scania’s NXT Flexible Use Autonomous Concept Bus is Built of Carbon Fiber

Scania's autonomous concept bus NXT, a vehicle planned for multiple uses such as public transportation and garbage collection, is built with carbon fiber parts provided by Marstrom Composite. As cities...

Covestro’s Maezio™ CFRT Composites Offer New Aesthetic for Automotive Design

Maezio continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites from Covestro offer a new look for automotive exteriors, thanks to unidirectional carbon fiber optics and a high-quality surface offered by the...

Joining Forces

Industry professionals must work together to tackle the challenges of mixed-material joining. Even the best designed composite component doesn’t usually operate solo. In many applications, composites are...

The Koenigsegg Regera Uses Composites in Innovative Ways

The new Koenigsegg Regera is loaded with carbon fiber composites, including a carbon fiber intake manifold with optimized intake tracts, a body made from pre-impregnated carbon fiber/Kevlar and lightweight...

CSP’s Composite Engine Shroud Gives the New Ford Explorer a Quiet Ride

Continental Structural Plastics, a Teijin Group company, is supplying Ford Motor Company with the industry’s first composite, dual-wall-dash engine shroud for use in the 2020 Ford Explorer. Powertrain noise,...

Renault Lightweights Megane RS Trophy-R, Down to Its Carbon Fiber Wheels

Renault introduced the Megane RS Trophy-R, a race-prepared vehicle, equipped with one-piece Carbon Revolution carbon fiber wheels among other improvements in lightweighting and aerodynamics. Based on the...