4 articles on Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) in Automotive.
A company led by Cambridge PhD Liu Zhenyu is advancing carbon nanotube materials for lightweight applications.
Himadri Specialty Chemicals will establish India's first carbon nanotube production facility at its West Bengal complex, with an initial capacity of 200 tons per year, starting commercial production by FY2027.
OCSiAl has been named a single-wall carbon nanotube supplier to Volkswagen Group's battery subsidiary PowerCo for its Unified Cell platform, with supply coming from OCSiAl's audited production facility in Serbia. The deal extends single-wall carbon nanotube use into a major European automaker's standardized battery platform, where the material serves as a conductive additive in graphite anodes to improve conductivity, heat dissipation, and fast-charging performance.
Chinese researchers developed an ultra-black automotive coating combining nanoscale carbon black and carbon nanotubes that absorbs over 99.90% of light, withstands high humidity, and survived 10-day water submersion without visible degradation. The coating demonstrates a scalable production method for carbon nanotube-based finishes with improved adhesion, though long-term scratch, abrasion, and UV durability remain untested.
