Together with the startup Revoltech, founded in 2021 as a spinoff from TU Darmstadt, VW is working on a new type of synthetic leather for car interiors. The material is made from 100 per cent bio-based hemp; it uses otherwise-useless waste materials from the regional hemp industry.The single-layer surface material, called LOVR, can be produced…
VW’s New Hemp-Based Synthetic Leather
