EUROPEAN STUDY TO TURN CAR BODY INTO BATTERY
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CARBON fibre and polymer resin composite is being developed by a Euro 3.37 million research project headed by Volvo and Imperial College, London, that would not only serve as a light and durable car body material, but also as an engine battery. The STORAGE project will take three years to develop the composite, used in doors, roofs and flooring (notably the spare wheel well), and which would be recharged overnight from the mains. The material would reduce the size of hybrid car batteries and also the weight of a car, making them run further on ...
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