‘Kyoto Process’ enables wooden cars

Wood-based cars could be five times stronger than steel and five time lighter, say researchers at Kyoto University, Denso and DaikyoNishikawa. The scientists are working with plastics integrated with cellulose nanofibres – made by breaking down wood pulp into fibres measuring several hundredths of a micron. Under the so-called ‘Kyoto Process’, the wood fibres are ...

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