"doodon2whls" (doodon2whls)
10/15/2014 at 18:31 • Filed to: Truck Yeah, trucklopnik, carbon fiber
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Nearly a 30% weight savings and a small reduction in drag. The Peterbilt concept tractor is neat, but Great Dane's Carbon Fiber trailer can probably hit the road within a year...
Color me impressed.
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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> doodon2whls
10/15/2014 at 18:39 |
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The current tractors are still pretty nice though. All dat diesel.
Sam
> doodon2whls
10/15/2014 at 18:41 |
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This isn't just great news for truckers, it means that we may see carbon fiber work it's way into mass produced cars.
PS9
> doodon2whls
10/15/2014 at 18:42 |
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First ones are guaranteed to be leased.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Sam
10/15/2014 at 20:38 |
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Maybe help drive prices down as well. Although from when I was looking at it a few months back, it seemed like the resin was the expensive part, unless you bought it by the drum.
midengineer
> Sam
10/15/2014 at 22:34 |
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While this is great news, from what I can tell only the trailer uses carbon fiber. It's pretty simple to fabricate cured sheets of carbon fiber and manufacture products with it. The expensive part comes into play when using carbon fiber in a design that requires a complex surface and/or structure. Regardless, this is could be a good step forward.