New GT350R Wheels Paving the Way for Future of Ford
I’ve been saying this for years: You can’t just have electrics and diesels for better MPGs. You need to combine those efforts with lighter weight technology to get better gas mileage.
For a while there, automakers with a higher-end clientele seemed to be the only ones listening. Thankfully, Ford finally seems to be bucking that trend.
At this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Ford stated that “the flexibility of the [carbon fiber] technology allows us to develop materials for all vehicle subsystems across the product line — resulting in a weight savings of more than 50% compared to steel.”
Hopefully that means that the carbon wheels we saw on the new GT350R will be trickling down to other production vehicles in the near future. If Ford can figure out a way to drastically reduce the cost of lightweight carbon fiber or even aluminum, Ford’s performance and gas mileage will increase exponentially.
Hopefully that also means an even better Mustang in the future.
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