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Nissan Figures Out How to More Affordably Mass Produce Carbon Fiber Parts
Why is this any different from glass-fiber-reinforced parts? I get it that "fiberglass" is often unstructured, but it can be structured - for a few months, I worked for a tiny outfit making carbon fiber airplane parts by hand (back in Dallas in the early aughts), and we sometimes used glass fiber that looked just like those carbon fiber sheets, except clear/white. Even if non-directional, seems like all the resin-filling and forming steps would be the same as as a fiberglass/resin composite. What am I missing?