The carbon-fiber pickup box is under development and expected to be offered on higher-priced pickup trucks in late 2019, the people said. Auto makers have been using steel and aluminum in large quantities for more than a century. GM’s use “would overshadow any other use of carbon fiber in the auto industry if they could pull that off,” Mr. Schultz said. In 2001 it offered a pickup-truck box made of a composite material, though not carbon fiber, as an $850 option on the Silverado. Some high-end cars already use substantial amounts of carbon fiber including Ford’s $450,000 GT supercar, BMW AG’s i3 electric vehicle and Audi AG’s R8.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 06, 2017 13:00 UTC