BMW is limiting the use of carbon fibre in favour of cheaper lightweight materials including aluminium and steel to ensure higher fuel-efficiency and ranges as well as profits. The new car will be built at BMW’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where it was first unveiled last year.
BMW is limiting the use of carbon fibre in favour of cheaper lightweight materials including aluminium and steel to ensure higher fuel-efficiency and ranges as well as profits. The manufacturer’s new 5-series already uses these alternatives for its major components, however efforts are nevertheless being made to reduce the costs of carbon components by putting them in mass production.