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Breaking: Ford and Lear introducing soy foam seats on 2008 Mustang

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/What_s_going_to_be_THE_green_vehicle_of_2008_How_bout_the_Ford_Mustang'; The Ford Mustang is not a car that typically appears on this site, but Ford has some big news for the 2008 model. Just a couple of days after briefing the media on their bio-materials development efforts Ford has announced that the 2008 Mustang will be getting seats made from soy foam. The soy foam is made up of twenty-four percent renewable content and the production process emits less CO2 and requires less energy. Ford is ... Read more →

Reducing our dependence of foreign oil with our car seats? Jeremy Korzeniewski

I plan on sharing some interesting bits of information that I got from some of the men behind the soy industry in general, the United Soybean Board, while I was at the SAE Congress in Detroit soon. ...

Lear introducing SoyFoam for automotive interiors Sam Abuelsamid

Automotive interiors typically contain about 30 to 40 pounds of foam and most of that is made from petro-chemicals. That makes it a prime candidate for alternative materials for both weight and cost ...

Breaking: Ford and Lear introducing soy foam seats on 2008 Mustang 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/What_s_going_to_be_THE_green_vehicle_of_2008_How_bout_the_Ford_Mustang'; The Ford Mustang is not a car that typically appears on this site, but Ford has some big news for the 2008 model. Just a couple of days after briefing the media on their bio-materials ...

Reducing our dependence of foreign oil with our car seats? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I plan on sharing some interesting bits of information that I got from some of the men behind the soy industry in general, the United Soybean Board, while I was at the SAE Congress in Detroit soon. But, one tidbit is that I was able to personally sample some automotive interior foam products made ...

Lear introducing SoyFoam for automotive interiors 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Automotive interiors typically contain about 30 to 40 pounds of foam and most of that is made from petro-chemicals. That makes it a prime candidate for alternative materials for both weight and cost reduction. The cost reduction is particularly important for interior suppliers, like Southfield, ...


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