Mercedes-Benz not restricted to usage of low-carbon steel, incorporates recycled aluminium in the supply chain

The German luxury automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz is focused to raise a fleet of carbon-neutral passenger vehicles by 2039 and to do so, it projects to use an average of 40% recycled materials in its vehicles.

Markus Schäfer, the CTO for development and procurement at Mercedes-Benz said, “Our vision is to transform our entire value chain into as closed a loop as possible. Our series-production vehicles already contain a large number of recycled materials. Within the next 10 years, we will increase the share of secondary raw materials in our passenger car fleet to an average of 40%.”

According to the luxury automotive brand, the usage of sustainable resources in vehicle construction will comprise both visible and non-visible resources to the useful resources to the user.

“The inside of the car will have sustainably processed leather, materials with high recycled content, and new materials. Mercedes-Benz also employs CO2-reduced steel in its metal constructions”, it added.

The car company further commented by saying that it is not restricting itself to the usage of low-carbon steel, while it is also working on the decarbonisation of its supply chain where aluminium is utilised. Mercedes-AMG SL’s structural castings are produced from 100% recycled aluminium, which restricts from emitting more than 90% CO2.