Toyota to use bio-polyethylene terephthalate 'ecological plastic' in vehicle interiors

摘要

Toyota Motor Corp Ltd is planning to make vehicle liners and other interior surfaces from a product made from an ecological plastic that features bio-polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Starting with the luggage-compartment liner of the Lexus CT200h, due in 2011, Toyota plans to increase both the number of vehicle series featuring the material, as well as the amount of vehicle-interior area covered by it, and intends to introduce a vehicle model in 2011 in which ecological plastic will cover 80% of the vehicle interior.