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With its joint project ”MaterialLoop”, Audi is taking the next step toward closing more material cycles in the automotive industry. Together with 15 partners from the research, recycling, and supplier sectors, the brand with the four rings is looking into the reuse of so-called post-consumer materials, which are taken from customer vehicles at the end of their lifecycle, from the automotive sector for the production of new cars. As part of Audi’s circular economy strategy, the project provides valuable insight on how a circular economy can be put into practice.Up to now, very few of the materials used in the production of new vehicles are recovered from old cars. Steel, for example, usually ends up as structural steel after end-of-life vehicle recycling. Audi wants to change that by reusing secondary materials taken from end-of-life vehicles in the production of new cars. Downcycling, which a loss of quality in materials resulting from the recycling process, is to be avoided.
German steelworkers art group 'Giants of Steel have made their way into this year's Essen Motor Show with their latest one of a kind creation, a Porsche GT3 RS made out of scrap metal. The art installation has no engine in it and is instead intended as a tribute to the iconic German car. Around 20,000 scrap metal parts were used in its production. It reportedly weighs 1,300 kilogrammes and was built by a three-person team.
Car designer Geovane Felix Ramos Santos built this handmade custom Ferrari in his home town of Paramirim, Brazil and the vehicle only cost him 6,000 BRL, or just under $2,000 so far, because his work of art is made from scrap metal parts collected from the junkyard. Geovane's creation was based on the body of the La Ferrari model, which was unveiled as a concept in 2011 and released in limited production in 2013.
Automobile mechanic and inventor Xiong Jian astonished fellow residents in his home town of Taojing in Central China after he successfully transformed an old, beat up auto into a 'boat-car' fit for a spy thriller. He took his James Bond-style amphibious vehicle for a ride in the waters of the Zhenzi River. The river floods every year in monsoon season, so he decided to use his hobby to make a practical vehicle that can be used as a boat during floods. Xiong created the multipurpose vehicle after years of trial and error by refitting components of a scrap sedan with other parts from a scrap minibus and welding it together to make it airtight. It wasn't all smooth sailing at first, but Xiong finally managed get his Frankencar running on the streets before driving it straight into the water. Xiong has been an automechanic for over 20 years and his favorite hobby is to take apart and refit old vehicles to see if he can bring them back to life. According to Xiong, the car can reach speeds of up to 20 mph in the water while moving forward, but it can also turn around and go backwards in the water, all while carrying up to 4 passengers Xiong is currently tinkering on the boat car in his shop, hoping to reduce the noise and bring the max sailing speed up to 25 Mph. Would you sail in Xiong's boat car?
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