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The Automotive Future by Tara Baukus Mello
A Rocky Mountain Institute overview recalls Ford scientists in the 1930s pursuing organic car parts and 1940s soybean oil as a potential composite. Soy fiber reinforced plastic reportedly proved astonishingly strong, with Henry Ford testing a soybean trunk lid, yet the venture faced two major flaws despite initial promise.
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