Automakers and their suppliers have been painting glass fiber-reinforced composite exterior body panels, including those made from sheet molding compound (SMC), for many years. SMC painting, in ...

The two parties announced that they will carry out in-depth strategic cooperation in the field of carbon fiber composite materials to jointly develop carbon fiber composite materials coating ...

The 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse adds new carbon-fiber wheels from Carbon Revolution to the options list. These carbon fiber wheels are 37 percent lighter than their aluminum-alloy counterparts. Ford ...

Mixing different paint colors is a fun way to create a unique hue, which is exactly what DipYourCar did after mixing seven carbon pearl paint colors and applying them to an Audi S4. Where most pearl ...

Koenigsegg has just finished painstakingly building – for one very lucky customer – an example of one of its hypercars without any sort of paint or clearcoat on it. Per the customer’s specs, the bare ...

Koenigsegg is an expert when it comes to carbon fiber. After all, the small Swedish company was the first to offer carbon fiber wheels straight from the factory. Now it's ventured into a new realm ...

The most powerful Rolls-Royce ever doesn't have a V12 under the hood – the all-new Rolls-Royce Spectre Black Badge is all-electric and features a pair of electric motors along with all-wheel drive, as ...

IWATA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) has newly established the CN1 carbon-neutral mass-production painting line at its Iwata Main Factory, and began painting motorcycle ...

Mazda is making a handful of visual changes to the Mazda3 for the 2022 model year. Still offered as a sedan and as a hatchback, the Japanese firm’s entry-level model gains a familiar new trim level ...

This article was taken from the January 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands ...