After confirming the success of a flax-based alternative to carbon fiber in racing, BMW plans to implement it in its future road cars.

Carbon fiber–reinforced polymers, used for their strength and light weight, can be recycled using acetic acid and heat.

The EU stated this week that carbon fiber will be removed from a hazardous materials list in a proposed amendment to its End of Life Vehicles Directive.

A new EU draft proposal could classify carbon fiber as hazardous automotive material. Ban would threaten carmakers relying on carbon fiber to cut EV weight and improve range. Even if passed, the ...

The European Union is concerned about how carbon fiber gets recycled and disposed. Automakers like the material for its light weight and strength.

The lightness and strength of carbon fiber have made it a near-ubiquitous means of reducing the weight of new cars, especially heavier, battery-laden electric vehicles. However, the European Union ...

European regulators might drop the ban hammer on carbon fiber due to health and environmental concerns. Lawmakers are floating the idea of adding it to the list of banned hazardous materials ...

A research team has developed a groundbreaking new method of producing carbon fiber while drastically reducing its energy footprint.

Today, carbon-fiber materials are nearly ubiquitous in the industrialized world, found in everything from hockey sticks to passenger airliners. With hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon fiber ...