Ford’s Mielewski says almost 300 parts in automaker’s vehicles derived from sources including flax, soybeans, cotton, wood, jute and natural rubber.
Aug. 25, 2016
By Mandy Kovacs
with Ed Zwirn in New York and Barbara Barkhausen in Sydney
OTTAWA – Auto-components researchers are developing the use of grasses such as hemp or flax to make tough but lightweight bioplastics that also help reduce a vehicle’s carbon footprint by using a renewable resource. Continue reading