Carbon Revolution gets the 'Leno' treatment

The carbon fibre wheel designed by Carbon Revolution has received an enthusiastic endorsement from the influential Youtube program “Jay Leno’s Garage”.

Followed by millions of car enthusiasts, the program covered the wheel in its “new product” segment.

Jay Leno is a popular American actor, comedian, writer and TV host, who hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for 17 years and is famed for his large private collection of around 886 vehicles.

The Carbon Revolution wheel - the world’s first one-piece carbon fibre wheel - was given the full “Road Test Treatment” on a Porsche in an 18-minute segment that focussed on the wheel’s lightness and stiffness – and the extra grip it provides on the track.

The wheel meets the toughest manufacturing standards and is currently being used in a range of high end cars, such as Porsche, Audi, BMW and Lamborghini.

Carbon Revolution is currently building a manufacturing facility on Deakin’s Waurn Ponds campus, adjacent to Carbon Nexus, with which it will work closely in the research, development and testing of carbon fibre.

When complete, the new facility will allow Carbon Revolution to move to mass production, increasing its annual output of lightweight, super-strong wheels from 4,000 to 50,000, - with added potential for new wheel markets, in general automotive, truck and aircraft manufacturing.

• Watch the episode on Jay Leno’s Garage