Composites Evolution was announced as official prepreg supplier for the ‘67 by Charge Cars. Craftsmanship and technology elegantly combined, the ‘67 by Charge Cars is constructed using a brand-new bodyshell, manufactured by using lightweight carbon fibre.
Driven by achieving visual perfection, Charge Cars teamed up with Composites Evolution to utilise their Evopreg® EPC300 range of component prepregs. This resulted in Evopreg® EPC300 with carbon fibre becoming the material of choice for the ‘67’s bodywork, due to its ease of lay-up and the excellent surface finish achieved straight from the mould.
In addition, the complex requirements of the ‘67’s floor-mounted structural carbon battery box required an entirely new composite prepreg system to be developed and qualified by Charge Cars. The battery box needed to be structural, complex in shape, fully fire retardant to ECE R100 regulations, have an excellent ‘double A side’ surface finish, and be electrically non-conductive.
To meet these challenging demands, the team at Composites Evolution developed a novel fire-retardant, visual quality, structural epoxy prepreg, and, working closely with Charge Cars engineers, testing the material against all aspects of the customer specification. A series of prototypes were manufactured successfully, with the new prepreg system proving to have excellent processability.
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29 March 2023
