Voltes Design partnered up with Larte Design and came up with the Voltes Gen-SS exterior styling pack for the Tesla range of vehicles. One option for the front bumper is basalt fiber for superior strength.
“Combining aggressive design with outstanding quality, the Larte Design front bumper will transform the front end of your Model S, giving it eye-catching supercar looks to match its supercar-like performance. The Larte Design front bumper uses a choice of two methods of construction. As standard it comes in a plastic composite material which is strong and durable. For the ultimate in motorsport-inspired strength and light weight, the bumper can be made from Basalt Fibre which is new material to the automotive world and has very similar properties to Carbon Fibre, being extremely strong while impressively light weight.”
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Hello
I am an independent Product Design and Development consultant. I am particularly interested in finding resources with experience with injection molding with this material. The Wilson racquet and the bumper for the Tesla you highlighted earlier are great examples. I have a potential for a product concept that would fit this application. Can you point me in the right direction toward molding companies that be able to help me out?
Hi Brian, I would be happy to discuss the basalt fabrics and molding companies with you. Call when you can-401-481-8422
i am interested on the reason for choosing basalt for bumpers and the difficulties for painting class A.
Hi Vittorio, Basalt is used in bumpers because of the great impact qualities-adding carbon nano-tubes to the resin makes that even much better. We can make a beautiful golden color of
basalt in one layer-putting something light underneath it to keep that color then more basalt layers underneath. Painting it is easy.