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Not quite sure what advantages this approach has over composite based moulded panels?

Of course carbon fibre is the composite of choice at the moment and it's relatively expensive but surely that will change.




To that end, they should hire the guys behind the WikiSpeed car (http://www.wikispeed.com) as consultants. Their carbon fiber✝ costs them $800 to make.

✝Sorry, I'm an American.


Don't worry about the language, I live in a transatlantic world!

Wish British english would adopt more American spellings - try explaining to a dyslexic child why label and table end differently!


Well, in your example, the American spelling wouldn't help unfortunately...


I didn't say American spelling was perfect ;-p

There's just quite a few places where it makes more sense!


No moulds, primarily, and the fact that your build sequence for every single plastic part is identical.




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