{"id":167029,"date":"2025-09-02T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=167029"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:01:24","slug":"bmw-replaces-cfrp-with-natural-fibers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/bmw-replaces-cfrp-with-natural-fibers\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Replaces CFRP with Natural Fibers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

After years of use in motorsport, the BMW Group has now brought natural fiber composites to series production. The flax-based lightweight components were developed in collaboration with Swiss cleantech company Bcomp. The Munich-based company has a direct stake in Bcomp through its corporate venture capital subsidiary BMW i Ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Natural fiber composites are suitable for exterior and interior visible components. \u00a9 BMW AG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

These fibers can be used to manufacture exterior and interior components that are visible to the eye. But even the high requirements of roof structures for the homologation of the entire vehicle are met by the natural fiber composites. According to the manufacturer, a reduction in CO2<\/sub>\u00a0equivalents of around 40% can also be achieved in production when end-of-life considerations are taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BMW has been Testing Natural Fibers Since 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BMW has been using natural fiber composites in Formula E and DTM since 2019. Since 2022, Bcomp has been an official BMW M Motorsport partner for the BMW M4 GT4. “Natural fiber composites are a vital element of innovative lightweight solutions in motorsport, allowing for a reduction in CO\u2082e emissions in the manufacturing process”, says Franciscus van Meel, CEO of BMW M GmbH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After years of use in motorsport, the BMW Group has now brought natural fiber composites to series production. The flax-based lightweight components were developed in collaboration with Swiss cleantech company Bcomp. The Munich-based company has a direct stake in Bcomp through its corporate venture capital subsidiary BMW i Ventures. These fibers can be used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Lightweight construction with a lower carbon footprint: BMW has teamed up with partner Bcomp to bring natural fiber composites to series production","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[7059,11286,5838,25345,11323],"supplier":[3260,19102,20269],"class_list":["post-167029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-automotive","tag-biocomposites","tag-bioeconomy","tag-lightweightconstruction","tag-naturalfibers","supplier-bcomp-ltd","supplier-bmw-group","supplier-bmw-i-ventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167029"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=167029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}