14 February 20244 February 2024 Sonichem is leading a £600K Innovate UK-funded consortium to revolutionise the automotive industry with sustainable, bio-based materials One emerging solution to this problem is biorefining, which offers a method of processing low-carbon feedstocks into intermediate chemicals that can be made into renewable plastics for vehicles
5 April 201615 February 2018 Natural fibre composites vs carbon fibres: Engineering lighter cars CARBIO project is developing hybrid composite materials to produce lighter, cheaper, and environmentally sound parts
19 February 201618 February 2016 Carbon/Flax Hybrid Structures Show Improved Vibration Damping and Impact Behaviour A UK-based consortium has developed carbon/flax hybrid structures with lower cost, higher vibration damping and improved impact behaviour compared to carbon fibre
25 September 201524 September 2015 Belgian solar car produced with bio-based resins to compete at the World Solar Challenge 2015 Cardolite Corporation, SHD composite Materials Ltd and Solvay are supporting the Punch Powertrain Solar Team from the University of Leuven in building the Punch One, a Belgian solar car based on bio-based resins