BTW, it is all carbon in any case. You are just talking about exposed/unpainted fibres.
Has huge implications for F80 replacement car in future: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a64475660/carbon-fiber-car-ban-europe-2029/
I strongly believe, ev or not, the best way to save the world is limit the HP to 700 max or 1500 kg total weight. In this way, the one who wants to outperform the other has to develop the lightest and/or smartest possible packaging technology. These types of broad boundary can only make R&D do real R&D, not by limiting or banning specific tech or material. Also, this will save tons of tire wear and brake wear and also tons of fuel not to mention precious minerals and so on. This HP war is nonsense. 1000hp 2ton? A joke on the wheel. Yeah… I ordered Revuleto…I am guilty.
In what was probably one of its biggest mistakes, the EU banned ICE from 2035. Now it has come to the conclusion that it will have to unban it. If the lyricism continues, it is quite possible that something similar will happen with carbon fiber.
I agree but annoyingly that's not what people want, they want heavier and even more 1300+hp cars, all people care about is raw stats and not lightness
You can have all the exquisite R&D you like but that motor has to be man's greatest attempt at excess. Its not about saving anything especially on a $4M+ sticker. Go big or go home! Image Unavailable, Please Login