Giving up a gasoline-powered vehicle in favour of an electric car can be a big step toward reducing one’s personal carbon footprint. But for environmentally conscious drivers, a holistic approach to sustainability goes well beyond what’s happening under the hood.prioritize their spending on greener products, one major purchase that’s getting a sustainable makeover is the car.
the category with a $30-billion investment through 2025, according to Ford chief futurist Sheryl Connelly, who is in charge of long-term thinking, planning and strategy at the company, such as discarded plastic fishing nets, which are used to make wiring harness clips in the Ford Bronco Sport. “These materials have helped to improve production efficiency, support vehicle weight reductions and avoid the use of fossil-fuel-based plastics,” Connelly says.
As the creators of performance-led products, car designers are used to looking for efficiencies and optimizations through material selection and by avoiding waste and excess. But, in general, those properties are “hidden inside engineering components which are not very visible to the driver,” says Ian Hedge, senior manager of design at Mazda North American Operations in Irvine, Calif.
At Mercedes-Benz, sustainable materials innovation is a process that has become entrenched in its operations, which includes reducing the use of primary raw materials while increasing renewable and recycled materials. One such example is its floor coverings, which are Econyl, a recycled yarn in tuft velour that’s made of recovered nylon waste, such as old fishing nets and carpet remnants, originally destined for landfill.
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