VISTA, Calif. — Custom wheel maker HRE Performance Wheels is rolling out a line of aftermarket two-piece carbon fiber/aluminum wheels that it claims sets "new standards" for performance and quality.
Carbon fiber wheels exist because, for the right kind of driver — or automaker — they solve problems aluminum never could. They're light but made of sturdy and durable carbon fibers tightly interlaced ...
Joining carbon fiber composites and aluminum for lightweight cars and other multi-material high-end products could become less expensive and the joints more robust because of a new method that ...
Composite materials have earned their way into cars and trucks, performing a variety of structural and semi-structural functions. Unit volumes, once limited to hundreds per model year, now ...
More and more aircraft are rolling off the production line with a primarily composite structure. Are these harder to repair ...
Vehicle lightweighting isn’t an ideal, it’s an imperative. Alongside ever-improving safety equipment, the batteries and complex powertrains that push cars more miles per gallon are making cars heavier ...
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