Ford and Tequila Maker Jose Cuervo Partner on Car Product Project

Tequila (or during slightest a agave it is done from) could be a destiny for many Ford automobile parts. A new partnership between automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company and an doubtful source, tequila builder Jose Cuervo, could lead to cars done with lightweight bioplastics products done from agave, according to a devise proclamation Tuesday. The bid could be a certain environmental growth for both firms.

The dual companies are contrast building bioplastics done from blue agave plant fibers rejected in a creation of tequila. The wish is that a devise recycles a agave plant rubbish into a tough, durable element that would be a sustainable, lighter choice for automobile tools than required plastic. They are expecting a bid could outcome in materials useful in automobile components like wiring harnesses, atmosphere conditioning and heating units, storage bins, and such.

The initial assessments conducted led both companies to trust a agave-based element binds good guarantee since of a continuance and a cultured qualities. Besides a advantages in reusing a rejected agave fibers from Jose Cuervo and alleviation a use of plastic, they wish that combination will revoke a weight of a Ford vehicles in that it is used, that could revoke their fuel consumption.

“At Ford, we aim to revoke a impact on a environment,” according to Debbie Mielewski, comparison technical personality in a automaker’s sustainability investigate department. “As a personality in a sustainability space, we are building new technologies to well occupy rejected materials and fibers, while potentially shortening a use of petrochemicals and light-weighting a vehicles for preferred fuel economy.” She remarkable that there are approximately 400 pounds of cosmetic on a standard automobile and a association is perplexing to find some-more ways to reinstate them with immature composites.

Tequila is done from a hearts of a blue agave plants, that take during slightest 7 years to mature before harvesting. The hearts are belligerent and a juices extracted and afterwards strong into a liquor.

Jose Cuervo has already been repurposing a lot of a remaining agave parts. They use a apportionment of a remaining fibers as compost for a agave farms. Artisans in qualification projects and agave paper, according to a companies’ press release, also use remnants. This bid with Ford, that is partial of a firm’s sustainability plan, furthers their broader idea to find new uses for vestige fibers.

“Jose Cuervo is unapproachable to be operative with Ford to serve rise a agave sustainability plan,” commented Sonia Espinola, birthright executive for a Cuervo Foundation. She also remarkable that the collaboration between a dual companies could outcome in a growth of innovative, earth-conscious materials.

The partnership with Jose Cuervo is Ford’s latest pierce into use of biomaterials. The automobile association began researching tolerable materials that could be used in vehicles 16 years ago. As a result, newer Ford cars incorporate sustainable-based materials done from soy foam, castor oil, cellulose, coconut fiber, kenaf fiber, rice hulls, wheat straw, and wood.

While Ford and tequila builder Jose Cuervo announced they are partnering, they stress that their tolerable automobile product devise is merely in a investigate stage, though shows promise. Before there is a timeline for bioplastic production, a companies need to make certain a combination done from a blue agave fibers is durable adequate over time for use in vehicles.

Written and Edited by Dyanne Weiss

Sources:
Ford Motor Company: Ford, Jose Cuervo Team Up to Make Car Parts From Agave
Automotive News: Ford, tequila builder Jose Cuervo group adult on bioplastic project
Fortune: Ford Is Teaming Up With Jose Cuervo To Make Car Parts

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