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The Project: Sustainability Racing—The Vision: Mobility of the Future

2013; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-01884-3_28

2196-5552

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Endres, Christoph Habermann,

Sustainable Design and Development

The advantages of glass and carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (GRP/CRP) have so far been valued and utilized mainly for design layout. But other criteria such as weight, cost, ecological compatibility or disposability of a material are also becoming increasingly important. In terms of these aspects, the potential of natural fiber reinforced plastics becomes evident in the “Bioconcept Car” project.