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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by jonknee on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:24PM (#12549649)
You can buy a lot of materials, but knowing how to manufacturer with them is a different skill. BMW has more experience with carbon in automobiles, but that's a whole other level of acquisition.

McLaren built an entire car out of carbon fiber. Good luck figuring that out from your Amazon purchases.

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/mclarens-675lt-supercar-someho...

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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by rccrv on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:48PM (#12550510)
BMW, McLaren and friends probably simply buy all the carbon fiber they use from Toray. Just like Boeing do.

If McLaren has some production, it's probably not more than a pilot plant.

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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by jonknee on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:44PM (#12551058)
It's not actually producing carbon fiber that is the secret sauce.
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Re:Apple in talks with luxury carmaker McLaren by tpm on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:06PM (#12551238)
BMW co-owns a company called SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers.
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