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Automotive
Carbon Fiber cars in the future:-To make cars fuel efficient lighter structural material is required. Steel is material of choice today because of its strength and low cost. But steel is heavy. So, lighter materials from fiberglass to aluminum are being tried. The ultimate goal is to use carbon fiber composites or carbon fiber reinforced plastics. In military and civilian aircraft structures carbon composites are extensively used today. The big advantage carbon fiber has over steel is that it is one fifth in weight yet just as strong and stiff. Reducing one half of steel by fiber means weight reduction by 60% making the car 30% more fuel efficient (as smaller engines will also contribute to this) according to some studies. All this will come with no sacrifice to safety. The problem is that today carbon fiber cost 20 times that of steel.. But we may not have to wait very long when new technologies will help produve carbon fiber at much lower price. We will then see us driving carbon fiber cars on the road costing us far less to run, also reducing overall pollution.
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