Volkswagen Group Innovation, belonging to the German motor vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen has partnered with a regional coffee roasting house in Braunschweig to work on next-gen materials for vehicle interiors. The main idea behind developing this “coffee leather” is that conventional leather alternatives are usually made from multi-layered material that consists of a textile back, filling materials, and the actual surface top layer. To increase the organic percentage of leather alternatives in the short term, Volkswagen investigated replacing the filling materials layer with a by-product from coffee roasting. The material samples taken to date have an organic material exceeding 50 percent.
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