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.

Audi, Airbus and Italdesign Test Flying Taxi Prototype

Audi (Ingolstadt, Germany), Airbus (Toulouse, France) and Italdesign (Moncalieri, Italy) debuted a flying and driving 1:4 scale prototype of its Pop.Up Next flying taxi concept at Drone Week in Amsterdam. The...

Royal Opening for McLaren Automotive’s New Carbon Fibre Innovation and Production Center

TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, have officially opened McLaren Automotive’s new £50m production facility in...

CRP’s Technological Know-How Supporting Energica in the Construction of Bolid-E

At Eicma 2018 the functional prototype of Bolid-E motorbike from Smart Ride project was introduced. Many parts of the motorbike were built by CRP Meccanica and CRP Technology, such as headlight support made...

Polestar Evaluates Strength of Carbon Fibre in Successful First Crash Test

Polestar has undertaken the first of a series of crash tests as part of the development of the Polestar 1. This represents the first time the Volvo Car Group has assessed the strength of a carbon fibre...

Building on Success

Industry manufacturers and OEMs are testing both new and proven technologies as they add more composite components to vehicles. Honeycomb composite materials, often made by layering a paper honeycomb core...

The Next Generation of Tooling

During CAMX 2015, Rick Spears chatted with a friend at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) exhibit. Spears’ company, TruDesign in Knoxville, Tenn., had collaborated with ORNL on coatings for the retro...