To the era of luxury cars without genuine leather, the trend of the car world "Lax Stenability"

Is electrification first or leather -free?In the world of automotive journalism, there are many topics like this.Leather -free is to expel genuine leather from inside a luxury car.In fact, it is a movement that is gaining momentum.

Volvo Cars in Sweden is around the time, a US fashion brand "3.Along with the Philip Rim, Volvo has announced a week -end bag using alternative materials for genuine leather.

A slightly large bag that looks elegant and looks good.The material used is "Nordico".It is made of recycling materials such as plastic bottles, biological materials collected from sustainable Nordic forests, and recycled wine cork.

Volvo Cars says, "By 2030, we aim to provide only electric vehicles and realize leather -free in all of them."The transition to an interior that does not use leather seems to be due to the review of livestock.

After all, leather has pointed out a number of problems.Forest destruction to create a cow feed area, a major blow to environmental and local economic activities due to monoculture (single crop cultivation), increase in greenhouse gases due to beef spills.In addition, there are many people who have problems in animal welfare.

In the past, the quality of the leather was a proof of a luxury car.A cow raised in cold regions without blood -sucking insects such as Abu.Alternatively, a beef bred in a fence where electricity flows, not the iron.None of them were luxurious because the leather was not scratched.

If there is a good place for leather, it is highly durable.Therefore, it has been used for driver's seats in luxury cars until the 1960s.The rear seats are fabric materials such as velor and silk.The reason is that it feels good and soft and comfortable.In the meantime, the car world is about to turn the bow to it.

One is a wonderful and nice artificial leather with a feeling that Tesla, a pure EV manufacturer in the United States, has cut the lead.The other is wool and vegetable fiber -blending materials that have been attracting attention since the ultra -luxury SUV range rover has been adopted.If you experience the use in the interior, including the seat, you will feel that this will be enough as an alternative to high -quality leather.

Audi also thinks seriously about adopting eco -friendly materials.One example is the concept model that was unveiled in June 2001.In June 2001, at the design event "Design Shanghai" in Shanghai, China, the brand used the "Econille" material that the brand uses for bags is adopted in the interior.

Aquonill, Italian Aqua Philharmonic, is made from fashion industries, carpets, etc., plastic drifted plastic and old fishing nets.The seat of the sporty 4-door "e-tron GT" uses a fabric woven from a "cascade" material made from a plastic bottle.

Stella McCartney is known for its strong opposition to leather, saying that luxury will be established without leather.She may have shared her values with her mother, Linda McCartney, her mother, who was a vegetarian, and her older sister Mary McCartney, who wrote the recipe book "Food" for vegetarian.

Speaking of which, Lewis Hamilton, who has been the driver championship seven times in the F1 race, is now a vegetarian (perfect vegan).He belongs to Mercedes -Benz only to Mercedes -Benz to Mercedes -Benz, only for his affiliation.

Speaking of trendy words, it is said that the current luxury products are also required for their sustainability.It is also called "Luxtainability" (luxury = luxury + sustainability).

In Japan, Mazda uses a tweed seat material in the SUV "MX-30", which has a pure EV model.This may be a lactenability.Speaking with Mazda's designers, it is said that other models also acknowledge the importance of using alternative materials.There is no doubt that it is a major challenge in the near future.

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