Ford Uses Soy Oil Foam and Plastics in Auto Construction

Using soy oil to replace 25 percent of the petroleum oil used in the foam for car seats and headliners, Ford has been pioneering eco-materials research. The soy oil foam rubber is more stretchable and less polluting than its petroleum-based cousin.

Ford’s biomaterial researchers have also developed a soy oil-based rubber that can be used to make deflector shields and baffles, cupholders and floormats. The patent-pending rubber will join soy oil foam as a standard Ford eco-construction component. Ford has even more soy innovations in the works.