{"id":473,"date":"2013-07-31T05:03:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T05:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/?p=473"},"modified":"2014-07-29T17:06:42","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T17:06:42","slug":"bmw-uses-castor-biopolymer-for-the-sustainable-electric-car-manufacture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2013\/07\/bmw-uses-castor-biopolymer-for-the-sustainable-electric-car-manufacture\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Uses Castor Biopolymer for the Sustainable Electric Car Manufacture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>BMW<\/b> recently introduced its new BMW i3 electric car, constructed from the next-generation materials. The car is made of carbon fibre and reinforced plastics on a light aluminium chassis to reduce weight. The source material of the electric car\u2019s key is also sustainable and is based on a biopolymer obtained from castor oil pressed from castor seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the car&#8217;s sustainability features:<\/p>\n<p>1. Dashboard wood trim crafted from responsibly-forested eucalyptus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instrument panel surround and door trim use fibers from Kenaf plant<\/li>\n<li>Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) roof panel is made partially with recycled CFRP from manufacturing process of other component<\/li>\n<li>25% of plastic used in interior comprised of recycled materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. CFRP components are sustainably produced in Moses Lake, WA, USA, where the factory uses hydroelectric power.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Olive-leaf extract is used to tan interior leather surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Read More &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2013\/07\/29\/bmw-reveals-its-much-anticipated-production-version-of-the-2014-i3-city-runabout-to-begin-sales-in-2014\/\">http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2013\/07\/29\/bmw-reveals-its-much-anticipated-production-version-of-the-2014-i3-city-runabout-to-begin-sales-in-2014\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get to know more about related derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/hco\/12_hsa\/12_hsa_hydroxy_stearic_acid.html\">2 Hydroxy Stearic Acid (12 HSA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/dco\/dco_dehydrated_castor_oil_castoroil.html\">Dehydrated Castor Oil (DCO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/dco\/dco_dehydrated_castor_oil_castoroil.html\">Ricinoleic Acid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/ricinoleic_acid\/ricinoleic_acid.html\">Pale Pressed Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.castoroil.in\/castor\/castor_seed\/castor_oil\/bp\/castor_oil_bp_grade_castoroil.html\">BP Grade Castor Oil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Some interesting links<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingenergyanalytics.com\/blog\/?p=11\">Building Energy Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weird.gallery\/crazy-and-weird-stuff-with-solar-power\/\">Some Innovative &amp; Unique Solar Power<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW recently introduced its new BMW i3 electric car, constructed from the next-generation materials. The car is made of carbon fibre and reinforced plastics on a light aluminium chassis to reduce weight. The source material of the electric car\u2019s key &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/2013\/07\/bmw-uses-castor-biopolymer-for-the-sustainable-electric-car-manufacture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-castor-oil-derivatives","tag-castor-bioploymer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/castoroil.in\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}