Ford Ditches Petroleum-Based Seats For Soy; Green Production Cuts 600,000 lbs. of CO2 : Gas 2.0

Ford Motor Company will be replacing up to 40% of their petroleum-based seat cushions with a new material made from soybean oil. “Soy foam” costs roughly the same to manufacture as traditional petroleum derivatives, but requires less energy to produce and may reduce environmental impacts by 75%.