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raz @ Oct 31st 2007 11:22AM
I wonder, how much more will say an average family sedan cost if it's exterior would be made entirely from carbon fiber.
What i do not get is this, why can't carbon fiber companies bring the price of their product low enough to fight with steel and aluminum.....the rewards are HUGE. How can an industry just sit there when they have a chance of a lifetime, no automaker want to create costly alternative powertrains......carbon fiber would increase MPG with almost zero cost to automakers. Which would make them a huge costumer of Carbon industry, a costumer that makes 16= million cars a year. Now is the time to act and at the very least insert your self into the game.....by that i mean become cheap enough to be used in high end cars such as the priciest Lexus, BMW, Benz, Audi.
MKIV @ Oct 31st 2007 11:47AM
I doubt CF can ever be as cheap as steel. Think about the manual labor involved in creating the body panel. Carbon can't be stamped like steel. The whole process takes lot more time and man power.
seoultrain @ Oct 31st 2007 11:58AM
Considering there's a worldwide shortage of Carbon fiber, your argument doesn't make much sense. It's not like the people who sell this stuff have an endless supply of them and choose to price them however they want. (like DeBeers)
Mr. Oak @ Oct 31st 2007 12:03PM
Boeing and Airbus are hogging the world's carbon fiber supply. I read recently that the cost per pound is going UP.
BTW: even though CF is a woven fabric, it is sold by weight, not by length.