South African company Blackstone Tek (BST) has now added the new swappable carbon fibre rear wheel to its Black Mamba series. It can be swapped simply by replacing the brake adapter and sprocket ...

The carbon fibre wheelset is 1.7 kg lighter than the standard aluminium rims. The M Performance carbon fibre wheels for the BMW S 1000 RR are an ideal area of application for the material, which ...

• BMW i3 video review. In fact, it isn’t just that BMW has developed new carbon fibre wheels, but has also developed a carbon fibre/alloy hybrid wheel, with alloy spokes and a carbon fibre rim.

BMW recently announced that it will be investing €200 million in its CFRP manufacturing capabilities in Moses Lake and that they will be using this material in every model to come.

BMW's carbon fibre for the vehicle will be spun at a $100 million (Dh367.3 million) factory near Seattle that the Munich-based manufacturer is building together with partner SGL Carbon SE.

Wheel cost components at the heart of Fibratech technology. Fibratech was founded in 2017 by two engineers previously from Airbus Group, Michael Sobolewski and Claus Georg Bayreuther. They defined a ...

BMW is planning a rollout of the carbon-fibre technologies developed during the BMW i3 and i8 project, and the centerpiece is a set of ultra-light, fully carbon fibre rims. It is the brainchild of ...