{"id":167183,"date":"2025-06-26T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=167183"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:38:27","slug":"ready-for-series-production-bmw-group-achieves-major-breakthrough-with-utilization-of-natural-fiber-composites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/ready-for-series-production-bmw-group-achieves-major-breakthrough-with-utilization-of-natural-fiber-composites\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for Series Production: BMW Group Achieves Major Breakthrough with Utilization of Natural Fiber Composites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Following the successful utilization of renewable raw materials in racing cars, the BMW Group will now harness natural fiber composites also for its series-production models. The BMW Group reached series maturity of\u00a0#natural fiber<\/a>composites following several years of development and in-depth research. The composites from renewable raw materials even meet the stringent demands of roof structures in total vehicle homologation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flax-based lightweight components have been developed in collaboration with Bcomp, a Swiss clean-tech company, for several years now. The partnership with Bcomp<\/a> supports the BMW Group\u2019s goal of further reducing CO\u2082e emissions in future vehicle models. The Munich-based carmaker holds a stake in Bcomp through BMW i Ventures, the company\u2019s venture capital arm.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 BMW AG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Lightweight construction has long been a crucial development field for the BMW Group. The use of natural fibers with a reduced CO\u2082e footprint in composite materials has become increasingly important. Materials tests have demonstrated the fibers\u2019 great suitability, especially for visible exterior and interior components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One example: Exchanging carbon fiber composites for natural fiber composites in the roof of the next-generation BMW Group portfolio leads to a CO\u2082e-reduction of around 40% in production plus additional end-of-life considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 BMW AG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The innovative reinforcement parts made of natural fiber composites were initially used by BMW M Motorsport in the 2019 season of Formula E. Since then, the components have also been successfully used in the #BMW<\/a><\/strong> M4## DTM and #M4 GT4<\/a><\/strong>, replacing carbon fiber plastic (CFRP) parts. Since 2022, Bcomp has been an official BMW M Motorsport partner for the BMW M4 GT4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new lightweight materials will soon experience the ultimate performance test as they are fitted in the BMW M4 GT4 for the 24-hour race on the N\u00fcrburgring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Franciscus van Meel, CEO of\u00a0#BMW M GmbH<\/a><\/strong>, stated: \u201cNatural fiber composites are a vital element of innovative lightweight solutions in motorsport, allowing for a reduction in CO\u2082e emissions in the manufacturing process. Natural fiber is an innovation that perfectly exemplifies BMW M\u2019s claim \u2018Born on the racetrack. Made for the streets.\u2019. This is why we are delighted to confirm the series maturity of these materials, a breakthrough we achieved with our official\u00a0#BMW M Motorsport<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0partner Bcomp. We are now looking forward to the use of these materials in future BMW M product ranges.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the successful utilization of renewable raw materials in racing cars, the BMW Group will now harness natural fiber composites also for its series-production models. The BMW Group reached series maturity of\u00a0#natural fibercomposites following several years of development and in-depth research. The composites from renewable raw materials even meet the stringent demands of roof structures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":167046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Natural fiber composites available for use in series production of future models - Reduced CO2e in production with end-of-life consideration - BMW M Motorsport applies innovative material technologies","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[7059,5838,11785,11323],"supplier":[3260,19102,20269,24674],"class_list":["post-167183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-automotive","tag-bioeconomy","tag-composites","tag-naturalfibers","supplier-bcomp-ltd","supplier-bmw-group","supplier-bmw-i-ventures","supplier-bmw-m-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167183","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=167183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167183"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=167183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}