Called "Noah," the two-seated electric car developed by students at the Eindhoven University of Technology is made mostly from sugar-based bioplastic and flax fibre.
The student team behind the project, TU/ecomotive, have described Noah as the world's "most circular car" in that it is made almost entirely from recyclable or renewable materials.
The circular economy is a resource system that attempts to minimise the excess waste in a product's life span and increase its sustainability.
In addition to the organic materials that comprise its chassis and interior, Noah is said to be made from 90-per-cent renewable materials.
“It’s about awareness,” says team member Cas Verstappen, a student of Automotive Technology at TU/e. “We want to show that a circular economy is already possible in complex products such as cars.”
At the end of the car's useful life, the sugar and flax biocomposite can be broken down and used as a raw material for other products, such as building blocks.
While there are no plans to put Noah into general production, the car and the team behind its creation will tour several European cities this summer.
