Toyota Plans Car with Seaweed-based Plastic

Toyota will be showcasing a new plug-in hybrid concept car called 1/X, made with seaweed, at this year’s Melbourne International Motor Show. Toyota is calling their newly developed plastic “Ecological Plastic” (EP), and the company is planning to increase use of plant-derived, carbon-neutral plastics in more of its future models. The 1/X is a concept car that redefines a car’s basic structure and manufacturing process, reducing the amount of CO2 emissions and consumption of resources.

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