Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Automotive Carbon Fiber

April 20, 2017 | State of the Market Report

Automotive adoption is a huge focus for the carbon fiber industry today, and many regard EVs as an important long-term market for carbon fiber. In this report, Lux asks: Will EVs require substantial amounts of carbon fiber? By modeling the cost effectiveness of lightweighting as a tool to increase EV range we find that carbon fiber is not needed for long range EVs.

Coverage Areas

  • Accelerating Materials Innovation
  • Advanced Materials
  • Energy Storage
  • Owning the Energy Transition

Table of Contents

  • Title page
  • EVs are hailed as a major force for automotive carbon fiber adoption
  • Carbon fiber lightweighting struggles to be cost-effective against battery technologies
  • Outlook: Steel is likely to be the dominant material of EV manufacture

Lead Analyst

Anthony Schiavo
Senior Analyst

Contributors

Christopher Robinson
Categories Fiber reinforced plastics, Metals, Plug-in vehicles, Fiber reinforced plastics, Metals
Related companies Nissan Motor, BMW, General Motors, Tesla

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