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Ford adds wheat straw plastic to a small corner of the 2010 Flex

Soy seats aren't Ford's only way to introduce as many bio-materials as possible into a production vehicle. See also: Mazda's biofabric and Toyota's "ecological plastics." Ford announced today that a new wheat straw-reinforced plastic will be used in the 2010 Flex. You'll have to kind of hunt for the bioplastic in the interior, though, since only the third-row storage bins will be made with it. Even with this minimal application, Ford estimates the change will reduces "petroleum usage by some 20,000 pounds per year and reduces CO2 emissions ... Read more →

Toyota will use "ecological plastics" in new Prius interior Sam Abuelsamid

When the new Prius debuts next month at the Detroit Auto Show, its interior will feature significant use of so-called "ecological plastics." These are polymer materials derived from biomass oils ...

Mazda working on cellulosic biomass based plastic Sam Abuelsamid

Ford has been developing lots of different materials from renewable sources including the soyfoam that they introduced in the Mustang seats for 2008. Now Ford's Japanese affiliate Mazda has kicked off ...

Ford adds wheat straw plastic to a small corner of the 2010 Flex 8 hours ago on Autoblog Green

Soy seats aren't Ford's only way to introduce as many bio-materials as possible into a production vehicle. See also: Mazda's biofabric and Toyota's "ecological plastics." Ford announced today that a new wheat straw-reinforced plastic will be used in the 2010 Flex. You'll have to kind of hunt ...

Toyota will use "ecological plastics" in new Prius interior 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

When the new Prius debuts next month at the Detroit Auto Show, its interior will feature significant use of so-called "ecological plastics." These are polymer materials derived from biomass oils rather than petroleum. Toyota had its first application of bioplastics in the Japanese market Raum ...

Mazda working on cellulosic biomass based plastic 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford has been developing lots of different materials from renewable sources including the soyfoam that they introduced in the Mustang seats for 2008. Now Ford's Japanese affiliate Mazda has kicked off a new research program with hometown school Hiroshima University to develop a new type of plastic. ...


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