Carbon Fiber Is on the Way Out for BMW as It Instead Trends Towards Natural Fiber Composites

BMW creates Flax Fiber to replace Carbon Fiber

Article from The Drive. BMWs carbon fiber parts will soon be replaced with a lightweight, flax-based natural fiber, and its hitting mass production for consumer cars soon. BMW‘s carbon fiber roof parts will soon be replaced with plant fiber. When the BMW M4 GT4 hits the Nürburgring for its next 24-hour race, it’ll be race-testing the same flax-based natural fiber composites. I don’t think that means you’ll be able to eat your Bimmer (yet), but …

Carbon fiber is on the way out for BMW as it instead trends towards natural fiber composites

Carbon fiber is one of the most popular materials in modern motorsport and car making, as the material is both lightweight and strong, ideal for manufacturers who are looking to enhance performance without sacrificing safety. However, carbon fiber is expensive and demanding to make, and clearly BMW sees it as a place where it can improve, so much so that it has been exploring natural fiber composite technology for some time. This has gone quite…