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For its sixth concept vehicle, the ecomotive team at the Eindhoven University of Technology will build Luca – a sporty compact EV that's built using a bio-based composite that includes plastic waste reclaimed from the ocean.
[...] The idea is to implement as much waste as possible when building the Luca concept car. Its chassis is to be made using a composite material with reclaimed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sandwiched between outer layers of flax. The body will be formed using a new material being developed in collaboration with Israeli startup UBQ, which will combine its additive derived from household waste with recycled polypropylene (PP). There will also be recycled aluminum spaceframes front and rear.
Building cars from waste. Maybe hoarders are onto something.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @07:53AM (1 child)
Isn't PP sensitive to UV radiation? After a few years your car would crumble to tiny bits (releasing the plastic back into the environment). Not to speak about driver's safety.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 17 2020, @11:52AM
UV sensitivity may be one of the issues they address? Perhaps some coating or additive will be tested as part of this R&D project.