Toyota to use sugarcane-based material for car interior lining

Toyota to use sugarcane-based material for car interior lining

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Oct. 13, 2010, that it will introduce a new vehicle lining material -- bio-polyethylene terephthalate, or bio-PET -- that is made 30 percent from sugarcane to reduce petroleum consumption.

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