Cars with vegan interiors, the latest ethical interiors

Los vehículos de nueva generación acabarán siendo casi todos eléctricos, bien a baterías o a hidrógeno. En esta dirección hacia la sostenibilidad, alguien se preguntó con acierto por qué no prescindir también del cuero, si ya se había prescindido a futuro de la gasolina, el aceite o los discos de embrague.

Leather usually comes from the skin of animals, usually from cattle and sheep.Traditionally, leather has been associated with high range finishes, although materials such as sewers (lighter, lighter and comfortable) do the competition.The same regarding synthetic skin in general.

Volvo has announced that in 2030 his cars will not be only electric, it also means that they will be vegans, the first will be the C40 Recharge.In other words, we will not find leather of animal origin in the future Volvo.Instead other sources will be used, whether of biological origin or recycling processes.

Porsche Exclusive leather interior

Automotive leather has its.To begin with, animals have to be very careful and have large spaces - without aggressive surroundings - to avoid any leather injury before being transformed into seats, steering wheel linings and change blockers, etc..Depending on the model, several cows are needed to line its interior, such as a BMW 7 Series.

But the pressure for a more sustainable world makes less "worthy" materials end up replacing leather, even starting from -literally - garbage.Recycled materials used to have a much more discreet role, such as the filling foam of the seats, where the client does not perceive anything bad.

The next generation of vegan upholstery of Volvo, Nordic, will compose a textile compound made of recycled material (plastic bottles), of the sustainable forests of Scandinavia, and even of corks of bottles of wine bottles.In 2025 Volvo wants 25% of the materials of their cars to be of recycled or biological origin.

Mixed upholstery

The vegans will appreciate that Tesla Model 3 no longer has the leather lined steering.BMW has been offering the Sensatec fabric for years, which does not have the same properties but it is cheaper.Toyota also offers a vegan alternative to leather, the soft.

Occupying for vegan options also has an impact on greenhouse emissions.For example, if several cows are stopped killing a car, animal emissions (especially methane) are also avoided in its strokes, a remarkable consumption of water, I think, etc..And if it is based on recycled materials, the amount of waste is reduced.

In the long term we will see that the automobile industry will try to reduce its environmental impact to the minimum expression, reducing, reusing and recycling, especially in relation to the consumption of natural resources.The reduction of water consumption has been a constant in many factories for a long time, as well as the generation of waste in general.

Tesla Model 3

For example, according to the ranking elaborated by the English Buyacar site, the 10 most suitable models for vegans are: Polestar 2, Renault Twizy, Volkswagen Golf, Toyota Prius, Range Rover Velar, Ford Fiesta, Mercedes-Benz Class A, Nissan Leaf, BMW I3 and Tesla Model S.

But despite this growing movement in favor of animal welfare, leather remains one of the preferred options by high -end models, both talking about the same model, as a brand in itself.Moreover, sometimes leather upholstery becomes a mandatory extra in exchange for enjoying the higher level of equipment.

While manufacturers allow their customers to choose between leather of animal origin or any plant or synthetic alternative, the market will impose its law.It may one day be mandatory that there are no components of animal origin in a car.For now, it is easy to have a premium interior that is not vegan....