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With the continuous improvement of the automation level of the automobile industry, and the transformation from fossil fuel to electricity and hydrogen power, the manufacturing industry has also been boosted. Now, consumers prefer non animal products, such as fabrics made from recycled plastic bottles, to natural leather. And new consumer trends promote product development, such as making mattresses out of apple and grape skins, turning rice husks into paint, or making headlight housings out of coffee beans. Some manufacturers even put moss in cars to help clean up the air in the cabin. You are the only one who can't think of it. Here are five car companies looking to nature for more sustainable materials. (photo source: official website) recently, Ford announced that it will cooperate with McDonald's to turn the coffee bean silver skin into various shapes of components by placing it in a low oxygen environment, heating it to high temperature, and mixing it with plastics and other additives to make small balls. Ford replaced the talc with a silver skin of coffee beans. In the manufacturing process, the coffee bean silver skin is more suitable for high temperature processing. The terminal components are as robust as before, but they are lighter and more environmentally friendly. Ford hopes to extend this initiative to all its product lines in the future. McDonald's aims to use only sustainable sources of coffee beans by 2020. Previously, the automaker had tried to use tequila as a byproduct of the process to make materials for car wiring harnesses and other components. (source: Bentley official website) earlier this year, Bentley launched the exp 100 GT concept car, showing three new environmental protection manufacturing technologies for the first time. The seats are made of 100% organic leather like fabric. Bentley claims that it makes these fabrics from the byproducts of wine making. This kind of pure bio based fabric can meet customers' expectations for luxury cars. In addition, the concept car also uses a synthetic exterior coating made of rice husk ash, which is usually a harmful by-product of the rice industry. Exp 100 GT's "copper flooded Riverwood" interior keeps Bentley's luxury taste and is more sustainable and environmentally friendly. They come from trees that fell naturally 5000 years ago and are found in lakes, rivers and peat bogs. (photo source: official website) people make apple skin into leather like materials. The German carmaker said the material, called appleskin, was designed for the seats of the Volkswagen ID series of electric vehicles "and contains a certain proportion of apple juice residue in the production process". Volkswagen's latest electric concept car ID space vizzion uses this material. In the future, it may appear in other models. (source: Land Rover official website) in the pilot project of chemcycling, the British automobile manufacturer recycles the household waste plastics to make new high-quality automobile materials. Jaguar Land Rover cooperates with BASF, a German chemical company, to convert waste plastics into pyrolysis oil through thermochemical process to replace fossil energy, utilize recycled materials, and produce a material similar to new plastics for instrument panel and exterior decoration design. Jaguar Land Rover also works with kvadrat to make wool blends from recycled plastic bottles as part of the raw material. This premium material can be used as seat material in different models, such as velar, evoque, and electric. 53 recycled plastic bottles are required for each vehicle. (source: sono motors official website) sono motors, a German start-up, pioneered the use of plants for air filtration and purification of the interior space. The company plans to install an Elaine moss strip on its first model as a natural air filtration system that works in conjunction with traditional air filters in the car and regulates humidity. Sono said the moss would cover the entire dashboard, separated by clear glass. Although not living moss, it still has the ability to filter air and prevent particles from entering the cockpit. Like ordinary car air filters, these moss strips are replaced every few years.