And it certainly does, with many manufacturers using the durable material for car parts, including hoods, roofs, door handles, and side mirrors. Outside of its good looks, carbon fiber is about ...

Japan-based Teijin Limited has announced that it has established mass production technologies for carbon fiber ... the concept car to introduce its technologies to automakers and parts suppliers ...

[Turner Hunt] is bringing carbon fiber manufacture into the hands of makers — at considerable cost savings! So how does it work? The machine wraps the filament around the workpiece, not unlike a ...

It looks like a lot of work and, of course, the 3D printer is really only making the mold — this same process would be true of any carbon fiber process where you had a mold or something to wrap.