Mercedes EQS and EQE: Purification is a new luxury

The definition of automotive luxury is changing with the zeitgeist: until recently, the upper leather seemed to be the last in interior design, but now sustainability is the order of the day. yes reading Mercedes Vision EQXX considers this fact with new UBQ material, which is obtained from unprocessed household waste such as food scraps, mixed plastics, cardboard and baby diapers.

Sustainability as the basis for development

Instead of ending up in a fireplace, garbage can can also be turned into high-quality interior materials.

The sustainability column runs through all areas of the vehicle. Material with a large proportion of processed material is used in the interior, and leather is extracted and processed. This starts with animal husbandry and ends with an environmentally friendly skin care, in which vegetables or only sustainable alternatives that do not contain chromium are used. These include dried coffee shells, chestnuts or extracts from recyclable raw materials.

An alternative to leather made from plant fibers

In the future, the interior of Mercedes will not have natural leather: in the study of the concept of Vision EQXX, alternative leather made of recyclable raw materials such as powdered cactus fibers are already in use. Research is already developing new foundations and using biotechnology: In the laboratory, the mycelia fungus grows and becomes a skin substitute.

This cactus does not hurt anymore: In the future, seat covers will be made from recyclable materials.

Mercedes wants no CO2-neutral by 2039

The main goal of the Swabian car manufacturer is to have a group of new passenger cars and vans that do not have CO2 in the whole value cycle and life cycle on the road as early as 2039 – eleven years earlier than required by EU law.

Road-saving resource: The new Mercedes-AMG SL designs contain up to 100 percent restored aluminum.

Restored aluminum against CO2 emissions