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http://blog.caranddriver.com/ford-and-heinz-look-at-tomatoes-and-ask-what-can-we-use-yah-fer/ Ford and Heinz Look at Tomatoes and Ask, “What Can We Use Yah Fer?” June 10, 2014 by Alexander Stoklosa [image http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TomatoFord.jpg Heinz Tomato Ford ] Every year in the Spanish town of Buñol, a bunch of people gather together to chuck tomatoes at one another during a festival known, appropriately, as “La Tomatina.” Besides representing a wasted opportunity for folks to get their daily dose of lycopene, the event roughly previews a similar barrage Ford and Heinz are planning for the automotive industry, a barrage of tomato-derived bioplastics for minor fittings in cars. Yep, it’s like La Tomatina, but for, uh, engineers. Now, we don’t want to lead your mind completely tomato-astray, so we should point out that Ford’s only interested, at this point, in the tomato skins, which it says can be formed into knickknacks such as coin holders and wiring clips. Where exactly will Ford find the necessary tons of tomato peels? Heinz! Everyone’s favorite condiment-maker, which just so happens to produce a heap of tomato byproducts like skins, seeds, and stems after rifling through more than two million tons of the fruit annually. Tomatoes apparently make great, 100-percent-plant-based widgets for cars. Should the bioplastic make Ford’s cut—it’s still in the experimental phase—it will join the eight other bio-materials currently fitted to a range of Ford vehicles, a plant portfolio that includes sexy stuff like soy-based seat foam and rice hull–filled electrical cowl brackets, whatever those are. We dig the project, and not just because we’re imagining a bunch of Ford and Heinz engineers settling development disagreements with giant tomato fights. In all seriousness, it seems logical to recycle an otherwise not terribly useful food byproduct for use in cars, which aren’t terribly sustainable things to build in the first place. [© caranddriver.com] ... http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2014/06/10/ford-heinz-explore-use-tomato-fibers-in-cars/ Ford, Heinz Explore Use of Tomato Fibers in Cars June 10, 2014 ... http://online.wsj.com/articles/ford-heinz-anticipate-autos-made-from-tomatoes-1402401489 Ford, Heinz Anticipate Autos Made From Tomatoes June 10, 2014 ... http://teamcoco.com/jokes/tag/6643-food Conan O'Brien: Ford is teaming up with Heinz Ketchup to make a car parts out of tomatoes. So it’s official, Americans will put ketchup on anything June 11, 2014 ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tomatina http://www.latomatinatours.com/ http://www.latomatina.org/ http://www.tomatina.es/ La Tomatina links ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=hemp Hemp use in EVs> Canadian bio-plastics using hemp For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/retired-toyota-camry-hybrid-batteries-power-campus-yellowstone-national-park-article-1.1816886 Solar&hydro-recharged repurposed-NiMH hev-batteries power Yellowstone http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=19929 AMP-EVs/HorseFly e-Octocopter deliver goods to your front door ... http://article.wn.com/view/2014/06/04/HorseFly_Octocopter_Primed_to_Fly_the_Future_to_Your_Front_D/ ... http://www.azorobotics.com/news.aspx?newsID=5778 Ultimate Unmanned e-Aerial Vehicle to Safely and Rapidly Deliver Goods http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140610-905928.html BP fund$ avinc.com UAS e-planes to GIS map Prudhoe Bay, AK oil field http://www.royalcentral.co.uk/dukeofedinburgh/happy-birthday-93-facts-about-the-duke-of-edinburgh-32431 Duke of Edinburgh's 1960s Lucas EV w/ Chloride batteries http://www.macleans.ca/society/prince-philip-turns-93-a-life-of-gaffes-and-achievements/ http://ecomento.com/2014/06/04/could-home-solar-charging-kill-the-gas-station/ Could home solar charging kill the gas station? ... http://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/why-gas-stations-are-on-the-wane-in-canada/ Why gas stations are in decline in Canada + EVLN: INR15Lakh Chevy Beat EV entering the Indian auto market {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-U-S-Americans-will-put-ketchup-on-anything-Fibers-in-EVs-tp4669955.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
