McLaren has been on the bleeding edge of carbon fiber technology for more than 40 years now. It all started way back in the '80s when it started using carbon fiber in the construction of its Formula 1 ...

European regulators might drop the ban hammer on carbon fiber due to health and environmental concerns. Lawmakers are floating the idea of adding it to the list of banned hazardous materials, which ...

This cool material keeps race cars and supercars as light as a feather. If there is any material that is like gold for elite sports car manufacturers, including Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche, it ...

The lightness and strength of carbon fiber have made it a near-ubiquitous means of reducing the weight of new cars, especially heavier, battery-laden electric vehicles. However, the European Union ...

The MP4/1’s carbon-­fiber chassis looked much like an aluminum one painted black, but midway through the season a string of two podiums and a win proved the difference. Establishing the precise ...

Update: It looks like carbon fiber has dodged a regulatory bullet – for now. A representative from the European Parliament told Motor1 Italia that it plans to drop the lightweight material from the ...

The European Union won’t be banning carbon fiber in cars after all. A day after rumors rocketed around the internet suggesting Europe was considering a ban on the lightweight material, a report on ...

The Ultimate Driving Machines are getting a plant-based alternative to the space-age material. It seems like everything we used to consider good or tasty is getting some sort of veggie or plant-based ...

The McLaren F1 arrived in the early 1990s as a clean break from every supercar that came before it, built around a carbon fibre tub that treated a road-going machine like a Formula 1 chassis. That ...

The 2002 Ferrari Enzo marked a turning point for Maranello’s road cars, taking the rarefied “halo” concept and rebuilding it ...