Carbon fiber is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel, yet the EU wanted to ban it from cars by classifying it as ...

Carbon fiber is a welcome addition to any performance car looking to shave some curb weight, but a potential EU ban could ...

The European Union is concerned about how carbon fiber gets recycled and disposed. Automakers like the material for its light ...

The rationale is that the little strands of carbon fiber that often break off when a piece of the material is recycled (when a car is scrapped, for example) are hazardous to people and the ...

This cool material keeps race cars and supercars as light as a feather. If there is any material that is like gold for elite ...

Naturally, the process of taking apart a car opens up all kinds of exposure possibilities to toxic fumes, liquids, and so forth, but the EU says carbon fiber poses a unique risk in that it can ...