{"id":5126,"date":"2016-07-21T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/?p=5126"},"modified":"2016-07-21T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T20:25:02","slug":"ford-jose-cuervo-team-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/ford-jose-cuervo-team-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford &#038; Jose Cuervo Team Up for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although we wouldn&#8217;t normally recommend pairing\u00a0 two of our favorite things &#8211; cars and tequila &#8211; in this case, we&#8217;ll make an exception. Ford and Jose Cuervo have announced a partnership to explore the use of the tequila producer\u2019s agave plant byproduct to develop more sustainable bioplastics to employ in Ford vehicles. \u201cAt Ford, we aim to reduce our impact on the environment,\u201d said Debbie Mielewski, Ford senior technical leader, sustainability research department. \u201cAs a leader in the sustainability space, we are developing new technologies to efficiently employ discarded materials and fibers, while potentially reducing the use of petrochemicals and light-weighting our vehicles for desired fuel economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tN32wUwo2xc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ford began researching the use of sustainable materials in its vehicles in 2000. Today, the automaker uses eight sustainable-based materials in its vehicles including soy foam, castor oil, wheat straw, kenaf fiber, cellulose, wood, coconut fiber and rice hulls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are about 400 pounds of plastic on a typical car,\u201d said Mielewski. \u201cOur job is to find the right place for a green composite like this to help our impact on the planet. 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