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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by arethuza on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @11:35AM (#12549142)
Pagani have a separate company dedicated to carbon composite manufacturing and consulting - they came up with the "carbotanium" bonded carbon composites and titanium used in the Huayra:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbotanium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_Huayra

Pagani make McLaren look mass market!

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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by crispyambulance on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:26PM (#12549661)
Pagani cars also look like they've been designed by 11 year old boys on a sugar-high.
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by arethuza on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:16PM (#12550201)
That's a bad thing? :-)
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by crispyambulance on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:50PM (#12551102)
Not necessarily, but very few people can pull off THAT level ostentatiousness and keep a straight face.

I am glad we live in a world where such things can exist, but I wouldn't own one even if it were free.

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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by beachstartup on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:18PM (#12551329)
people who drive around in cars like that don't have to keep a straight face. they're laughing all the way to the bank.
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by ActsJuvenile on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:15PM (#12550784)
Obviously; anyone with standards prefers cars designed by 16 years olds on cough syrup high.
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by stcredzero on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:02PM (#12549425)
Carbotanium is my favorite canobtanium.

I wonder what McLaren can achieve when it puts its mind to reducing production costs?

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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by bwilliams18 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:20PM (#12550244)
They've said before that they have proprietary techniques that allow them to produce the CF for their road cars at scale more affordably.
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by stcredzero on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:12PM (#12550766)
Combine this with Tesla's acquisition of CF expertise, and I would wager that more CF is going to be used in electric vehicles in the near future, providing even greater range.
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by msandford on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:25PM (#12550880)
Bravo man, bravo.
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