Chopped carbon fiber from manufacturing scrap is remanufactured into non-structural vehicle brackets and interior components.
The industry has adapted through three major manufacturing breakthroughs:
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FRP's contributions to electromobility extend deep into the powertrain itself. High-performance electric motors for EVs face a fundamental challenge: to increase power density and range, motor speeds must rise, but higher speeds generate extreme centrifugal forces that threaten the structural integrity of rotor-mounted components, particularly the permanent magnets that generate the motor's magnetic field.
Robotic systems lay down carbon or glass fibers precisely where strength is needed, reducing material waste to near zero. Environmental Impact and Circular Economy
The SMiLE project (System-integrative multi-material lightweight construction for electromobility), a collaboration among Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Voith, BASF, Fraunhofer ICT, and multiple academic partners, represents the most comprehensive effort to date to integrate FRP into the fundamental architecture of electric vehicles.
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The Fraunhofer InThElekt project takes this integration one step further by developing lightweight vehicle structures with embedded electronic components. Thermoplastic FRP sandwich construction ensures the lowest possible vehicle weight—reducing energy consumption and increasing driving range—while novel potting materials and thermal management concepts address the lower thermal conductivity of polymer structures compared with metals.
The engineering challenge is nontrivial. Plastic-based lightweight structures have lower thermal conductivity than conventional metal support structures, which are good at dissipating heat generated by electronic components. Without careful thermal management, this could reduce the reliability of embedded electronics. The solution involves novel heat dissipation concepts, optimized potting compounds, and highly thermally conductive thermal transitions that maintain electronic reliability within FRP structures.
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