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Japanese take lead in carbon fiber

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren’s passenger compartment and front-crash structures are made using carbon fiber.
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By:
Hans Greimel
May 12, 2008 05:00 AM

TOKYO -- Amazingly strong and light, carbon fiber is perhaps best known for its use in golf clubs and jet planes. Yet the silvery checkerboard-textured composite also holds great potential as a steel substitute as automakers race to squeeze every extra kilometer from a liter of fuel.

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