BMW counts on carbon fibre for its Megacity Vehicle

Composites for electric vehicles and automotive sector: A review

“…For improving the efficiency of manufacturing plus the physical functioning of components, it is mandatory to evade inclusion of void [146]. Industries as well as research institutions are dwelling to transform the RTM working principle through improvement in impregnation schemes and mechanizing the complete arrangement for higher volumes of production [147][148][149][150].Figure 17 shows the various resin transfer molding (RTM) methods (a) Low-pressure RTM (b) High-pressure RTM (c) Compression RTM [151].…”

Hybrid Structures Consisting of Sheet Metal and Fibre Reinforced Plastics for Structural Automotive Applications

“…The second approach involves replacing conventional construction materials with fibre reinforced plastics (FRPs), which permits considerable weight savings of up to some 50% [14,15] Materials like carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRPs) or glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRPs) offer excellent specific mechanical properties and permit innovative solutions such as functional integration [16][17][18]. These parameters are required for load bearing or energy absorbing structures in the automotive, aerospace and energy sectors.…”

Advances in joining technologies for the innovation of 21st century lightweight aluminium-CFRP hybrid structures

“…Aluminium/CFRP and titanium/CFRP are hybrid structures generally used in wing panels, helicopter blades, fairings, fixed trailing edges, space optical benches, ship hulls, and engine cowlings. [16][17][18][19] However, joining metal with CFRP is challenging due to the considerable variance in chemical and thermal properties (melting points) between these materials. So, there is a great interest in present research in hybrid combining of metals and CFRP.…”