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Current Applications and Development of Composite Manufacturing Processes for Future Mobility

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The acceleration of environmental pollution and global warming has resulted in increased environmental awareness and regulations to reduce carbon emissions. As the automotive industry is evolving from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) and urban air mobility (UAM), composites have gained attraction for increased driving range and green mobility. However, composites, acclaimed to be an alternative to metals for its reduced weight and high mechanical properties, have not achieved successful mass adoption due to the tradeoff in performance and cost. While legislation is continuously being updated to tackle environmental concerns, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have been hesitant to apply composite technology to mainstream vehicles, largely due to economic reasons. Therefore, latest developments have been focused on application of biodegradable composites and integration of robotic automation into composite manufacturing processes for eco-friendly, sustainable, cost-effective production. This paper reviews the latest applications of composite materials into modern vehicles and evaluates state of the art of composite manufacturing and recycling processes for green mobility.

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This work was supported by a basic research program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the MSIT (NRF-2021R1A2B5B03087094 and NRF-2021R1A4A2001824). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of NRF and MSIT. The authors thank Dabin Kim, who graduated from the department of design in Seoul National University, for providing the eVTOL aircraft model in Figure 12.

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Choi, J.Y., Jeon, J.H., Lyu, J.H. et al. Current Applications and Development of Composite Manufacturing Processes for Future Mobility. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. 10, 269–291 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-022-00483-3

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