Volvo will no longer use leather in its cars. At least, for its electric cars it completely bans the use of leather.
Volvo reports that the C40 Recharge is the first electric car of the brand in which it no longer uses a single square centimeter of leather. Every new electric model that Volvo presents from now on will have to do without the application of leather. There is almost no leather available in the electric variants of the Volvo XC40. Although Volvo still optionally supplies a leather-covered pillow in the electric XC40s, things such as the steering wheel and shift knob are already covered with artificial leather.
Volvo says it is concerned about the environmental impact of livestock farming and animal welfare is said to have been a factor in the decision to stop using leather in its electric models. Volvo says it wants to replace the leather upholstery with, for example, Nordico, a textile developed by the brand that is made from recycled PET bottles. Volvo also lists wood from ‘sustainable forests’ in Sweden and Finland and recycled cork from the wine industry as alternatives. Volvo also indicates that it wants to make car interiors not only free of leather, but also ‘vegan’. The brand says it is reducing the use of by-products from livestock, which are used in the production of plastics, rubber and glue, among other things.
From 2030, Volvo will only introduce new electric cars, all of which are models in which you will no longer find a millimeter of leather. By 2025, the quarter of Volvo’s material should be recycled or natural raw materials.
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