MADRID, Aug 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Jaguar Land Rover has found that super-recycling aluminum waste from beverage cans, bottle caps and end-of-life vehicles can be used to build future high-quality vehicles to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. (CO2) by up to 26%.
As stated in a statement, its ‘Reality’ aluminum project is “an essential pillar in Jaguar Land Rover’s ‘Destination Zero’ strategy, which aims to reduce carbon emissions and create a safer society with a more environmentally friendly clean through innovation. ”
Thus, it explains that its engineers used recycled aluminum parts combined “with a reduced amount of primary aluminum” to create a new alloy prototype that “demonstrated a quality similar to that of the current material” that the brand’s vehicles have.
The head of the ‘Reality’ project, Gaëlle Guillaume, pointed out that thanks to this project, high-quality automotive-grade aluminum has been recovered for the first time from vehicle scrap and its unique properties have been reused. “The potential of this operation in the production process allows reducing the impact of carbon dioxide and reusing a greater amount of aluminum,” he added.
“On our way to an autonomous, connected and electric future, and thanks to the potential of shared fleets being scrapped en masse, Jaguar Land Rover will be able to incorporate closed-loop recycling of this alloy into tight production schedules to improve efficiency. and achieve environmental benefits, “according to Guillaume.
This research project, with a budget of 2 million pounds (2.23 million euros), has been developed in collaboration with Innovate UK and the University of Brunel.
In addition, the company recalled that it has already reduced its global operating carbon dioxide emissions per vehicle by 50.7% since 2007, and has reiterated its commitment to a constant decarbonization process.