Skip to Content

green materials


You Want Green? This is Green!

The Nissan Motor company is now using a textile coating made of . . . eggshell membrane! It is now standard on the Bluebird Sylphy - a mid-size sedan sold in Japan. Why eggshell membrane? Turns out it makes the textile more comfortable, more water resistant, and reduces static electricity levels. Where does this product come from? From the waste stream of a Japanese mayonnaise maker who sells the material it to Idemitsu Techno Fine where it is applied to cloth destined to be used for seats, head rests and door trimming. Where did the use of ... Read more →

No Content Style Defined.


Featured Galleries

  • LA 2009: CMT-380
  • LA 2009: Mitsubishi i-MiEV
  • LA 2009: Faurecia Booth
  • LA 2009: Fisker Karma
  • Audi A3 TDI - 2010 Green Car of the Year
  • World's Most Expensive Tesla Roadster
  • LA 2009: Mitsubishi PX-MiEV
  • LA 2009: Mitsubishi i-MiEV for Geek Squad
  • Honda P-NUT
  • LA 2009: Honda P-NUT
  • Ford Focus Econetic
  • Capstone Turbine CMT-380

Categories


Autoblog

Daily Finance

Download Squad

Engadget

Joystiq

Autoblog Spanish

Switched.com

FanHouse

Asylum