WHY is Carbon Fiber so Insanely EXPENSIVE??

Have you ever wondered why Carbon Fiber costs so much?? Well, this video will show you what makes carbon fiber the most expensive material to build cars out of, and why it is usually reserved for cars that cost $100,000 or more. We will look at the manufacturing process and the costs associated with each step. This will show how the cost goes from $3 per pound to $15 per pound when creating carbon fiber used in automobiles, airplanes, bicycles, scooters and other aerospace products.
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[@lanpatrick7182]

The key point here is it's 5x stronger than steel and 70% lighter

[@ayolovescars358]

I swear but I like how they broke it all down with videos.

[@ivanlowjones]

After I watched this video, I looked up the history of carbon fiber on Wikipedia and my head nearly exploded. It's a very complicated manufacturing process as you guys stated, and they're even math equations involved with the whole procedure. 🤯🤯

[@CarConfections]

Yeah it's a lot more involved than I ever thought until doing the research!

[@omanajz]

Math equations are involved in manufacturing everything in this world right now. Even steel manufacturing needs complex maths

[@AndrewKNI]

Great video guys. I didn't realise the complexity and cost of carbon fibre. :-)

[@curiously1510]

Very interesting, and informative. This is why you are among my favorite channels, because you are all about the "value add" for your viewers. I would definitely like to see other deep dives into auto engineering and technology!

[@CarConfections]

Awesome! Thank you for the compliment and feedback! 😊 We have some more vids planned like this!

[@user-gc3zv3ll8j]

Yea verry good Channel

[@charliemontero5217]

Thanks for the explanation didn't know it is so hard to produced

[@darriontunstall3708]

Y’all did a awesome job!!! Carbon fiber cost so much!!!

[@Jordan_3is]

Great video!! I love carbon fiber, I bought it to be installed in my Lexus. It’s very expensive though took some saving.

[@LifeISMagix]

That’s the track edition RCF. 100k car. Noice

[@JuveLock]

Thanks for the information

[@stevenjohnson4207]

You guys are doing a great job and I would suggest more of these type of videos please.

[@CarConfections]

Good stuff! Thanks for the feedback since we are considering more of these information videos

[@benjaminbenson8914]

I play pool and a lot of the sticks are fully carbon fiber now in the shaft . Does this make the cars won't chip if they're carbon fiber fully or Dent as easily

[@_Mario_PL_]

Great video, I'm in for more like it. Have a great and safe Holiday weekend!

[@CarConfections]

You have a great Memorial weekend as well! 😀

[@houseofno]

Great video. Very informative. I should point out there is a historical parallel to this issue. Two hundred years ago, cotton was very expensive to process also, due to the need for human labor (slaves) to manually separate the cotton from the cotton seeds embedded in the raw cotton fibers. When the cotton gin was invented, machines could then separate the seeds from the raw cotton. This greatly multiplied the efficiency and throughput of cotton manufacturing, greatly reducing the time and expense of manufacturing. While carbon fiber obviously doesnt have seeds, new technological discoveries have been shown to improve the product while reducing its wholesale cost.

[@Loanshark753]

I wonder if the BMW i3 was profitable, it's construction consists of a carbonfiber body on an aluminium frame with abs bodypanels and a carbonfiber roof.

[@hironhassan4069]

Very informative explanation, thanks bro.

[@readyforpushbackjet]

Great video! Glad you guys are evolving your videos into other subjects surrounding cars!! 👍

[@CarConfections]

Thanks! Were trying to mix it up with more variety

[@saraswathigubbala3620]

well explained brother . big thanks

[@andybub45]

Very informative. Great job!

[@CarConfections]

Thanks! Have a great Memorial weekend!

[@mr.eggiplier4030]

dude this is... the exact video I was looking for

[@MAZDAKIDD1]

Good job guys! I love watching the "how it's made" type videos, thanks!!! 😉

[@CarConfections]

Thanks! 🙂

[@PurgatoryPriest]

Great additional & educating content, nicely goes hand-in-hand with the overall Car Confections channel content. It's very well explained and visually satisfying. Keep it up with such added content, it's beyond just a "filler" material.

[@CarConfections]

Thanks! It's something new we're trying so we appreciate the feedback!

[@e-one-off9870]

Concise and informative! 👌🏾

[@CarConfections]

Thanks!

[@Waldo1411]

Very interesting!

[@Drewkungfoo]

Enjoyed the video as much as I love all of your car reviews always good to add a new type of video

[@CarConfections]

Thanks, Andrew! Hopefully we will making some more these types of videos soon!

[@Drewkungfoo]

Car Confections ty Mason and Drew

[@samieg2561]

Informative

[@Poemwriter_Angelo]

Thanks a lot bro, i'm not really a car person but my Benchmade knife has a handle that is made out of carbon fiber. and i thought it looked a little too plasticy and cheap. but now i understand that its actualy a very premium material. 😅

[@2010bluewave]

Good job

[@rodneybowyer2329]

It’s also used in Corvettes & in the XT4 2019 Sport. I have it in both my cars. 👍

[@andrewlangellier6104]

You explained it perfectly 👍

[@CarConfections]

Thanks!

[@rickyloganjr.2362]

Thank you Drew and Mason for sharing your knowledge about carbon fiber as I myself knew nothing about it other than that it looks awesome when it's real and done right. Great to see you two doing varied things on your channel. Hope you two are enjoying and having a relaxing long weekend.

[@CarConfections]

Hope you also had a great weekend!

[@moeanthony9308]

Impressive video guys. I love the the new idea of car related info. Thanks so much.

[@CarConfections]

Thanks for the feedback on the idea since it's something were hoping to explore further! Have a great Memorial weekend!

[@moeanthony9308]

@@CarConfections Iam in Canada, our holiday was last week. Enjoy your memorial day guys.

[@CarConfections]

@@moeanthony9308 thanks! Well we hope you HAD a good one then haha

[@moeanthony9308]

@@CarConfections lol I did. Keep up the great work. I highly rate you guys.. Peace.

[@davidbillingslea2720]

Great video

[@CarConfections]

Thanks!

[@vermilliontoaster3063]

376th view, 16th comment and 48th like with 0 dislikes!! Also I really liked this! This can be another differentiating factor for y’all. I’ve wondered about the many types of car leather (as you’ve mentioned) from best to worst.

[@CarConfections]

Great! Also we really like that idea so maybe you'll see that in an upcoming video 🤔

[@newatlantisrepublic6844]

Have you ever donned a carbon fiber body armor suit? It's amazing

[@PTRAINBOY]

Who knew .. great video

[@ajadimebag1084]

Thank for the answer.

[@raymondgreenwood1]

Love the video and answered my question. It’s not practical as far as price for the average consumer. It’s 5x stronger than steel and 70x lighter. Race cars that are in events that tend to have accidents probably shouldn’t use them on the exterior unless cost is not a factor. This also leads a way to considering other material that would be similar in strength and weight values because this is far from practical.

[@loloyvillamor4127]

good job!

[@CarConfections]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@jibbytheretrolover]

Awesome video I am your fan from India 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@CarConfections]

Thank you, fan from India! 😀

[@jibbytheretrolover]

You are welcome to India Car confections

[@faheem41]

Useful video

[@CarConfections]

Thanks!

[@markpereira4276]

We have a Tesla with the carbon fiber and my dad still thinks that the piano black trim is better but if I show him this video he will probably like carbon fiber and also great video

[@challenger39z65]

5x strong than steel thats crazy but yet super light

[@Sean-me4fv]

Thank you for this video. Do you and your partner collect cars?

[@CarConfections]

We're brothers and no we don't have nearly enough money to collect more than one car we drive 😂

[@Sean-me4fv]

Car Confections I hope you and your brother can one day own whatever cars you like, and have a very successful channel

[@CarConfections]

@@Sean-me4fv thank you friend! Have a great night

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Interesting!😸😸

[@silversurfergw]

Love the car reviews of ultra expensive cars that has no sunroof because it has carbon fiber top to save weight so one can hit a retaining wall 0.2 seconds faster.

[@nathalied1397]

I can't find any videos that talk about how durable carbon fiber is in car crash compared to steel.

[@JSpecGC8]

Buying parts is insanely expensive however, you can buy 3k twill weave for a decent price and go from there skinning etc, if you are looking for 1k or 2k CF the price will sky rocket just google it and you will see why. If you want the strength without the price and don't care for the look or weight, S Glass FRP would be the way to go!!

[@enriqueregalado4450]

I don't understand tho why would I want carbon fiber in my car apart that it looks nice is there any real good reason?

[@self1sch]

It's lighter than common materials, therefore the car gets lighter, which means faster acceleration/better fuel economy/higher top speed etc. And yes it looks nice :)

[@crxracer805]

This is probably a weird question but can carbon fiber be painted??

[@khalidalshammary652]

Not weird at all... You can. Alot of people love saving weight but hate the carbons color so they paint it.

[@CarConfections]

Yes it is very often painted. Cars like the RCF proudly display beautiful polished carbon fiber, but when it is used in structural bits it doesn't look nearly as nice and needs to be painted over

[@Lolgameer-id9jx]

Anyone get this recommended in Quarantine?

[@WayneJohn-fq6cn]

10-15 dollars per lbs doesn't add up to a 3000 dollar spoilers

[@EJ_Rose]

Fibre

[@smoke4life182]

Sounds like a very environmentally unfriendly process that requires a lot of energy and time to produce, polluting our planet. Hopefully, it falls from favor soon, except for the most expensive aviation and automobile uses where strength at low weight are important.

[@ayolovescars358]

I think what you should have said is … Hopefully, the human race finds a safer and cheaper replacement to make… Loooool

[@wes89]

Expect the price to drop soon... One of the researchers at the lab I work in, just discovered a revolutionary way to produce Acrylonitrile much more effectively. :)

[@tuners_r]

Just buy the fake carbon fiber and its ez than the real carbon fiber cost really expensive

[@lynx2493]

420 min

[@LegalFiction.]

Damn your attractive

[@CarConfections]

*you're

[@self1sch]

@@CarConfections What an asshole reply to a compliment lol

[@trevthegreat7176]

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[@The_Black_Swordmen.]

Informative

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