In this video, BMW demonstrates the journey of its carbon fibre, from SGL Carbon’s manufacturing facility in Moses Lake to the Wackersdorf facility where the final product will be the BMW i3.
It all starts with one carbon fibre that’s just about one seventh the width of a human hair. The result is an extremely lightweight and robust passenger cell of the BMW i3 and BMW i8. Watch the clip to see how BMW is doing this.
nice +BMW
From the very first glance, you can easily tell that the BMW i3 model, a brand new part of the 2014 BMW new model lineup here at Rick Hendrick BMW in Charleston, SC is a seriously next-generation model. http://www.rickhendrickbmw.com/blog/2014/april/23/bmw-i3-model-features-spaceage-construction.htm
Goddamn.:O
Is carbon fiber environmentally friendly?
super !!
I want to see a crash test..
“This enables us to achieve approximately half the weight of steel or one third that of aluminum.”So Mr. Head of Process Body and Interior Trim BMW i is telling us that aluminium is heavier then steel?
From a single fibre to a BMW i3. The journey of carbon.
Awesome!
Why the fibre used on airplane must stock in -18℃ environment，but this fibre is stock in room temperature？
The i-series is supposed to be ecological. Is it ecological to produce cars from the material which can hardly be recycled and reused?
…”half of steel and 1/3 of aluminum”…..sounds something strange!!
YEAH MOSES LAKE WOOOOO I LIVE 10 MILES AWAY FROM THERE
I want to see a crash test!!!
Wow this is an awesome move in the right direction! Also love how it starts right here in Washington, I am from here and I notice more and more often how this area seems to breed the most talented people in sustainability, and invention! what a great thing to embark on our mission to save our Mother Earth.
good video, I’d love more of these, and make them longer please
1/2 the weight of steel or 1/3 the weight of aluminum? Must be the other way round???
thats right bavaria isnt germany 😀
As a mechanical engineer, I would kill to work in any of the plants in the video..absolutely fascinating
Die Lens-Flares sind schlimm, aber sonst gutes Video.
THE BEST!!!