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Would you want a Carbon Fiber Wheel for Aptera
updated 3 months, 1 week ago
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I think this would work really well on Aptera & reduce the weight even more. Thoughts?
https://www.motortrend.com/news/carbon-fiber-wheels-ev-advantages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uN9tRAyJVk
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Short answer no. These are astronomically expensive – like $12,000. The Aptera is still intended to be a viable price for buyers. This might be something for the EQXX since it will be a $150k+ car. https://www.motor1.com/news/144031/cheaper-carbon-fiber-wheels/
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Yikes!!!
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Ouch, didn’t know they where that expensive.
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I would not want them even if they were affordable.
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Just curious, what are the downsides of carbon fiber wheels aside from the price? Are they less durable or more unreliable in any way? Getting rid of a 50-100lbs of unsprung mass ought to do great things for range and handling. Certainly not worth $12,000 dollars but I’d pay $1000 for the weight reduction unless there is something bad that I don’t know about.
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I’m a big fan of empirical data. I just haven’t seen them used on daily drivers, going through pot holes, or surviving tire shops.
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Fair enough. At $12K a set it’s unlikely that there will ever be a large enough data set to get real world data.
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BUT… if they’re $12,000.00 for a set, that’s only $9000.00 for Aptera!
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@Bob Kirchner – https://youtu.be/jHPOzQzk9Qo
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some may be willing to pay for it. being more lightweight, it’ll help ride quality, sporty handling, accelration and effeincy… it maybe enough to be comparable to other similar cost 2 seater cars with automatic tranmissions (most such people would be willing to cosnider aptera, unlike the serious driving enjoyers who are looking for manual transmission).
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From what I gather, CF wheels can actually weigh MORE than similarly-sized magnesium wheels, making them about the same weight as aluminum wheels.
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No.
Too fragile (and way too expensive as well).
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