Is carbon fiber cheaper or more expensive than aluminium?

As a general rule, the answer is that carbon fiber is more expensive (at least if we're talking about using these materials in an automobile). Aluminum is hard to work with, but it's cost per pound is still very good compared to carbon fiber. read more

Carbon Fiber is more expensive than Alu, From the material to production, the carbon fiber is always costs more money. but as they said the carbon fiber products will be cheaper year after year due to the technology development. read more

On the other hand, when comparing costs related to implementation of aluminium and carbon fiber production, in many cases it is the production of the carbon fiber element that will be cheaper and, more importantly, affordable in case of a small run, for which implementation of aluminium element production would not be cost-effective. read more