Carbon fiber

BMW M cars are going green and the new plant material looks just like carbon fiber

BMW M cars are ditching traditional carbon fiber for a greener alternative. The company is replacing carbon parts with a plant-based material that looks nearly identical. These new composites are made from flax fibers, developed with Swiss firm Bcomp. After years of testing, they’re now ready for mass production. VISIT SBX CARS – View live supercar […]

Carbon fiber could be classified as hazardous material and banned in European cars

Carbon fiber is on the edge of being classed as a hazardous material and therefore banned in European cars. It’s all down to a piece of legislation that determines what happens to vehicles when they come to the end of their lives. But what could this mean for car manufacturers? Well, supercars could suffer. VISIT […]