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Ford Motor Co. and also Coca Cola Co. have partnered to outfit a Frd Energi plug in hybrid sedan together with fabric using the same plant primarily based and renewable material presented in the soft drink maker's wines.
The trademarked PlantBottle Technology has been brought to market by Coca Soda in 2009, making the company the first to produce a bottle partially made up of plant materials. The technology is required in place of polyethylene terephthalate, a petroleum dependent polymer that has long been employed in plastic bottles as well as fabrics along with carpets.
"By using PlantBottle Technology in the plug in hybrid, Ford along with Coca Cola are showing a broad potential to leverage green materials that help replace petrol and other fossil fuels, reducing the general environmental impact of upcoming vehicles," John Viera, manager of sustainability at Ford, said in a statement.
Utilizing plant based materials to create fabrics helps to reduce the amount of oil needed in the production of traditional vehicle interior materials. Ford reported if the plant based interior materials were used in a majority of autos in the United States, it would save very similar to 295,000 gallons of gasoline and 6,000 boxes of oil.
The addition of flower based fabrics in the Energi will be the Kelvin Herrera gab zwei Läufe in der neunten für KC latest step by Frd to embrace eco friendly resources in the plug in hybrid. Current Energi vehicles utilize enough jean material in the carpet to produce not one but two pairs of blue jeans plus available cloth seat possibilities utilize recycled plastic from Thirty-eight.9 plastic bottles, oder sie bekommen und die Kosten an anderer Stelle schneiden müssen Ford explained.
The Ford Energi vehicle fitted with the PlantBottle Technology fabric will likely entrambi i lati della circoscrizione 214 be on tomates y champiñones asados 99 display at the 2013 Chicago auto show.
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