The goal is to produce a functioning chassis for the electric car Ecoist Tian in natural fibre composite; a reinforced natural fibre, bio-based thermosetting plastic. There is very little documentation and experience of producing this on an industrial scale. By using natural fibres as reinforcement material, plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and bind it in their own fibres. The CO2 is bound until after the scrapping of the car when the CO2 is re-released into the atmosphere through energy recovery or pyrolysis with subsequent rotting of the fibres.
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