The #FarmToCar mission is simple: replace petroleum-based plastics with plant-based materials.https://t.co/ETS8NqtqxL
— Ford Drive Green (@FordDriveGreen) May 10, 2016
Soy can be used for a lot of things. It can be used for a delicious sauce to dunk sushi. It can be texturized into faux meat. It can also be used to create the cushioning foam in your car seats.
In fact, if you drive a Ford newer than 2011, which was manufactured in North America, then you are sitting on soybean-based foams every time you get behind the wheel.
Soy in particular is also used to create gaskets for eight models sold in Corvallis, and soy-based rubber is being tested currently.
If there is anything soy can't do, another vegetable probably can!
According to Ford's 2015 Sustainability Report, the average new Ford contains between 20 and 40 pounds of renewable materials, including cotton, wood, castor oil, coconut husk, wheat straw, and rice hulls.
Using farm-grown products like these help reduce Ford's carbon emissions and petroleum use, lower manufacturing costs, and open new revenue streams to U.S. farmers.
Visit Wilson Motors to test drive new Ford cars, trucks, and SUVs near Salem, OR, and see the power of green manufacturing first hand.