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'Green' Car Part to Debut in 2010
November 11, 2009
The world's first car to have interior parts made from wheat straw-reinforced plastic--created via technology that has roots at the University of Guelph--is set to roll off the assembly lines in the new year.
The Ford Motor Company announced today that its 2010 Ford Flex will include storage bins made from this bio-based material. The wheat-straw-reinforced plastic was created by Leonardo Simon, a University of Waterloo engineering professor, who is part of the Ontario BioCar Initiative. This multi-university project involves scientists at U of G and the universities of Toronto, Waterloo and Windsor.
"It's an amazing achievement," said Plant Agriculture professor Larry Erickson, one of BioCar's lead researchers.
