Cars packed with hemp (on the outside, that is)
Why not?
The Scotch are using, well, Scotch. (We posted that bit two news items ago.)
Canada — the land where people seem startlingly unruffled, except for sporting events — has what treehugger.com calls a “Cannabis Cruiser:” http://tinyurl.com/3xtxfw7
The Kestrel electric hemp vehicle uses hemp for composite material to keep the car lightweight, says Motive Industries, which developed the car. The company states that the innovation was part of Project EVE, an effort to advance electric vehicle production in Canada.
More details about Project EVE and the full debut of the Kestrel to come at EV 2010 VÉ – Canada’s Electric Vehicles Conference and Trade Show, slated for September 13-16 in Vancouver.
