Automotive

BODY UNDERBODY INTERIOR/EXTERIOR

Trunk Lead

Function:Carbon fiber can create more complex shapes to make automotive more stylish, while reducing weight and increasing strength of the back to improve overall performance.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than steel
Application reference: BMW i3/i8

Front Hood

Function: Carbon fiber can ease civil vehicles’ lag steering caused by“top-heaviness”(engine installed in the front), and its special pattern also adds a sense of fashion and dynamic to the vehicle.
Potential weight loss ratio: lighter than steel
Application reference: Refitted vehicles

Pillars

Function:Support cabin roof, protect personnel on board, and prevent the cabin from deformation by extrusion in case of vehicle tumble or overturn. Application of carbon fiber can further enhance the strength of the body frame to effectively reduce harm.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than high-strength steel
Application reference: BMW 7-Series

Seat

Function:Carbon fiber can realize a more complex shape, make the seat structure adapt to ergonomics, improve comfort, and decrease overall weight while enhancing framework strength.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30-40% lighter than steel
Application reference: Racing bicycles and refitted vehicles

Door Handle

Function:Application of carbon fiber adds fashion and dynamic elements to automobiles to enhance the style and movement of the auto, thus improving driving experience.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than steel
Application reference: Racing bicycle and refitted vehicles

Bumper

Function:The bumper is a safe unit for absorbing, weakening the outside impact and protecting the front and rear body. Application of carbon fiber composite can increase protection for pedestrians on the premise of protecting both driver and passengers coincidentally also creating a sophisticated appearance.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than aluminum alloy
Application reference: Racing bicycles and refitted vehicles

Center Console

Function:Application of carbon fiber on center console can extremely improve the overall texture of the interior. This can also create a sense of fashion and dynamic thus promoting driving experience.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than steel
Application reference: Cadillac CTS

Mirror

Function:The application of carbon fiber increases fashion and the dynamic touch to vehicles, making its overall style more avant-garde, more sleekand elevating the driving experience.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than steel
Application reference: Racing bicycle, refitted vehicles

Wheel Hub

Function:Application of carbon fiber can ease heavy load sand dramatically decrease the moment of inertia, so as to further improve acceleration and braking performance, increase suspension response speed, chassis dynamic performance, steering sense and driving quality.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than aluminum alloy
Application reference: Ford Mustang GT350R, BMW M3/M4

Control Arm

Function:The front lower swing arm is the front wheels’ element for guiding and power transmission in an automotive suspension system. By using carbon fiber, manufacturers can reduce body core, increase driving performance and the strength of such components, thus improving automotive safety.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than aluminum alloy
Application reference: To be developed

Rear Chassis

Function:Application of carbon fiber can ease the floor weight and reduce the overall body core to offer a better driving performance. At the same time, carbon fiber simplifies the structure and cuts the use of steel joint connectors thereby shortening assembly time.
Potential weight loss ratio: 50% lighter than high-strength steel
Application reference: A US pickup model

Leaf Spring

Function:The Leaf spring is an elastic element of automotive suspension; manufacturing with GFRP has the advantages of being lightweight without any need for additional drilling in the middle. This greatly expands fatigue life and increases the overall terminal joint strength.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than high-strength steel
Application reference: Volvo XC 90

Floor

Function:Application of carbon fiber can decrease floor weight and reduce body core to offer a better driving performance. Meanwhile, the prototyping process of carbon fiber can be worked to prototype integral components to reduce the use of metal bolts and assembly. This would in turn shorten the overall assembly time.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30-40% lighter than aluminum alloy
Application reference: BMW i3/i8

Fender

Function:Carbon fiber can achieve more complex shapes, so as to make automobiles more fair-shaped, reduce wind drag, and decrease overall weight, thus improving integrated performance.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30-40% lighter than steel
Application reference: BMW i3/i8

Door Sill

Function:Doorsill absorbs energy in case of front impact as a key connector for front and rear body in order to ease collision impact harms for both driver and passengers. Application of carbon fiber can make door sill firmer by taking full advantage of its light weight and high-strength.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30-40% lighter than high-strength steel
Application reference: BMW 7-Series

Door Panel

Function:A door sheet made of carbon fiber can increase stiffness and strength of the whole body, especially easing impact harm for both driver and passengers in case of side collision. It can also achieve more complex shapes to enhance a graphic sense of a complete vehicle.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30-40% lighter than steel
Application reference: BMW i3/i8

Rear Side Panel

Function:Carbon fiber can create more complex shapes to make automotives more stylish, while reducing weight and increasing strength of the back to improve overall performance.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than steel
Application reference: BMW i3/i8

Roof Beam

Function:to support the roof and provide protection via load transfer during side collision. Application of lightweight carbon fiber of high strength can further enhance the stiffness and strength of the body frame, so as to protect both the driver and passengers.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30% lighter than high-strength steel
Application reference: BMW 7-Series

Roof

Function:Large covering parts to protect both the driver and passengers in case of a rollover. Application of carbon fiber can decrease the roof weight, to reduce the overall center of gravity and offer a better driving performance. Meanwhile, a roof made of carbon fiber can realize skylight design.
Potential weight loss ratio: 30-40% lighter than aluminum alloy
Application reference: BMW i3/i8