In order to reduce the dependence on oil and reduce the landfilling of solid waste and carbon dioxide emissions, major car companies have studied the use of renewable materials.
Volvo Cars recently stated that it plans to start from 2025 and at least 25% of the plastic used in its new models will come from renewable materials.
Stuart Templar, Volvo's Director of Sustainability, said: 'Renewable plastics, such as plastics recovered from fishing nets or used bottles, will not affect the safety or quality of the car.' He added: 'We think this has commercial significance.'
At present, many large companies are designing recyclable products to limit pollution. Volvo plans to go further and put more renewable materials into its production line. The company stated that it is negotiating with plastic producers to achieve 'from 2025' Since the start of the year, at least 25% of the plastics used by Volvo will be manufactured from renewable materials.
Another Ford Motor Company, Ford, is particularly interested in environmental issues such as marine litter. Recently, the 'Ford Motor Environmental Awards' organizing committee and the Shanghai Rendu Ocean Public Welfare Development Center jointly released the “Marine Garbage Brand Monitoring Report (2017)” in Beijing. ".
At the conference site, Ford Motor Co. and its on-site environmental protection and public welfare organizations discussed in depth how companies and environmental protection NGOs work together to combat one-time marine plastic pollution problems.
As early as the 2013 Ford Fusion Energi hybrid car has used a considerable amount of recycled plastic to make seats and ceiling sound-absorbing materials, using soy foam to fill elastic cushions.
The Ford Fusion is the first car to be sold globally, using recycled materials. The interior of the car is made from the botanical recyclable material of the Coca-Cola beverage bottle.
Zhao Kuning, head of the 'Ford Motor Environmental Awards' organizing committee, said: 'Each new Mondeo seat fabric 18 bottles of mineral water; Ford 15 million vehicles use soy foam; Add kenaf fiber reinforced material to Door embedded backplane. '
Ford Mondeo's car interior is made from botanical recyclable materials using Coca-Cola beverage bottles
Toyota SAI also uses fiber made from DuPont Sorona Polymers, a renewable resource, to make roof trims, visors, and trim trims.
At the same time, DuPontTM Sorona fiber is also used in Toyota branded carpets. SAI uses a large number of ecological plastics derived from plant materials, and its use accounts for approximately 60% of the total interior area.
Toyota Corporation SAI Model
Not only car companies are keen on the application of renewable materials, a few days ago, students of the Dutch University of Technology designed a pure electric concept car called “Noah EV”. According to reports, over 90% of new car components are made of renewable energy. Made of materials that can achieve 100% natural decomposition.
It is understood that this car, called the Noah EV, is a purely electric concept car. The power is composed of six battery modules. The maximum speed is 100 kilometers per hour, and the maximum life is 240 kilometers. At present, the car can ride 2 people. It is expected that other models will be introduced in the future. .
Noah EV pure electric concept car
In addition, the car frame is composed of linen, sucrose and other materials. With 3D printing technology, 100% of the whole car can be naturally decomposed and recovered. At the same time, the car's spare weight is only 300-350 kilograms.