BMW And MINI To Offer (Nearly) Vegan Interiors Starting In 2023 | Carscoops carscoops
BMW has worked hard to ensure the materials are ready for the difficulties of being in a car. It says that ensuring they could withstand use on a“With a steering wheel made from a high-quality vegan surface material, we are fulfilling the wishes of our customers who do not want to make any compromises in terms of look, feel and functionality,” said Uwe Köhler, the head of development for body, exterior trim and interiors.
The automaker plans to offer interiors with fully vegan touchpoints, but there will still be some components that use animal products. These include gelatin used for protective coatings, lanolin in paints, tallow as an additive in some elastomers, and beeswax as a flux for paint – among others. However, BMW says these will amount to less than one percent of the interior.working to make other materials that were already vegan, such as carpets, easier to recycle.
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