This year, Volkswagen’s ID family of electric cars will be more sustainable by using recycled plastic and marine debris inside.
In addition to working on the development of electric cars, manufacturers are investigating how to make them more sustainable by using, for example, recycled materials in their manufacture. In the case of the Volkswagen ID family, this year they will be more sustainable thanks to the use of recycled plastic and marine debris inside.
This advance will be inherited from the Volkswagen ID. Buzz, who was the first to use these types of sustainable solutions. For example, materials made from ocean plastic or old plastic bottles are used for different surfaces around the cabin, while the outer seat cover material is made from what Volkswagen calls Seaqual yarn, which is made with a 10 % of marine debris collected.
The Volkswagen ID family will use recycled plastic in its interiors starting this year
By combining these solutions, more than 30% of CO2 emissions are saved compared to the use of conventional materials used in the automotive industry.
In addition, some headlining surfaces and floor coverings are made from recycled polyester, while other recycled plastics are used in the insulating layer of the ID’s carpet. Buzz. On the exterior, recycled materials can be found in the underbody protection lining and in the wheel arch linings.
Volkswagen also notes that it no longer uses chrome decorations for the door panels and steering wheel, having replaced them with chrome-look liquid paint that has a bio-based binder.
The German brand says that most of these sustainable solutions will be applied to the rest of the models in Volkswagen’s electric car range, including the renewed ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and, when it is launched on the market, the new ID.7.
