BMW armored the cockpit of its next-generation 7 Series with carbon fiber in a move to improve safety and distance its big sport sedan from Mercedes-Benz and Audi as the world's finest ...

The just-announced BMW i3 could be a breakthrough for carbon fiber production as well as for electric drive. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) provides the weight reduction that effectively ...

BMW has just taken out the 2018 JEC Innovation Award in the Leisure and Sports category, for the carbon fiber swingarm it built for the HP4 Race in 2017. And the company has used that win to ...

Antony Ingram July 13, 2011 Comment Now! BMW is aiming to become of the first manufacturers to begin high-volume production of carbon fiber car parts. The first part-carbon cars could be seen as ...

Still, BMW is betting on the mass production of ultra-lightweight electric and hybrid vehicles pulling carbon fiber out of its motorsports and aerospace niches (not to mention the expensive ...