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Drones not likely. Their improved stiffness of 75 gpa is 2x less than carbon fiber. So you could literally make the frame 2x lighter with carbon fiber and put
by extropy 6y ago
Drones not likely. Their improved stiffness of 75 gpa is 2x less than carbon fiber.
So you could literally make the frame 2x lighter with carbon fiber and put that 50% of weight in batteries getting you 2x+ more capacity.
Cars more likely as it's roughly on par with aluminum. Still the cost will be way more than plain aluminum or even steel body.
- semi-extrinsic 6y agoDoesn't the carbon fibre argument work for cars as well? CF is becoming increasingly common and affordable, as are normal batteries.
- holoduke 6y agoSome supercars have a carbon frame. But it's extremely expensive. Check maclaren cars for example
- thesmok 6y agoBMW i3 has a carbon body, and it's only a little (twice?) more expensive than a normal car. A lot of inexpensive carbon fiber bicycles are available now, while previously you could only get them for big money from big brands. Carbon fiber has gotten cheaper, we're going to see it in a lot of products.