Lina is an electric car from TU/ecomotive of the University of Technology Eindhoven, whose body is made from plant-based materials. The bio-based composite is claimed to have similar strength/weight to glass fibre, although it is based on flax fibre-reinforced sheets with a honeycomb core (see photo) made from (sugar beet-based in this case) PLA bio-plastic ...

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