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Cadillac Experiments With New Bio-Based Interior Material

Cadillac just announced a collaboration with biotech company MycoWorks to develop a new class of bio-based material for high-performance automotive interiors.

Cadillac card holder using renewable Fine Mycelium material.

General Motors’ luxury brand has begun experimenting with a new bio-based interior material grown with MycoWorks’ Fine Mycelium technology, which will eventually allow Cadillac to offer high-end premium aesthetics using renewable materials. This new material can have the same applications as leather and incorporates mycelium, which is the renewable root structure of fungi, and other bio-based ingredients.

“The Fine Mycelium material is a pure example and exploration of revolutionary resources and collaborations that contribute to an innovative design future,” said Cadillac Industrial Designer, Hannah Dunbar. “Working with the material and learning about its unique properties, will help to create beautiful texture options impacting future automotive interior applications,” she added.

By experimenting with this new bio-based material for interior design, Cadillac continues its historic legacy as a pioneer in automotive innovation. As such, Cadillac’s exploration using MycoWorks’ Fine Mycelium technology will be a first in the automotive industry, underscoring the brand’s dedication to forward-thinking design, technological advancements and offering innovative resources to automotive designers.

In this regard, the brand says that the future goal of the Fine Mycelium material developed in conjunction with MycoWorks is to provide superior strength to leather, offering potential improvements in weight reduction and efficiency, while still meeting the most stringent aesthetic and quality requirements. In fact, Cadillac has designed a card holder accessory that incorporates this innovative material to serve as a proof of concept of its versatility.

The new bio-based material developed by MycoWorks is already being used by Cadillac’s color, materials and finishes design team, which is actively exploring new applications for this revolutionary material and is excited about the possibilities. The first demonstration includes materials with an iridescent finish in a soft-toned color palette, complementing the brand’s bold and sophisticated design aesthetic.

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  1. FUNGUS!!!

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  2. “Yo Mike, you ever just feeeeel your mycelium fungi bio-based leather?” – Marcus Burnett

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  3. I doubt you will see this in many vehicles if ever as the cost to scale production would more than likely be cost prohibitive.

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  4. Salespeople: “Take a look at the expansive cabin! There is so mushroom in this space! And feast your eyes on the premium dash! We spore no expense. This is definitely the right vehicle if you’re a fungi looking for adventure!”

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  5. Another way to cheapen the vehicle while still charging premium prices. Kind of like calling vinyl “leatherette”

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  6. On the list of must have for my wife’s event car purchase… real leather seats. She walked away from several vehicles she really liked due to their use of pleather. Ultimately, she picked a 2024 XT5. If it didn’t have leather, we wouldn’t have bought a cadillac.

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  7. Mushrooms? I ordered pepperoni on mine.

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  8. As dumb as EVs. You know what is the most recyclable material used for car seats? Steer hides, also known as LEATHER!!!!! Where do you think they resource this leather from? Slaughterhouses……where we source our beef!!!! If we don’t continue to use hides from steers what do you think is going to happen to all those unused steer hides? They will end up as hazardous waste. All this time and money spent on idiotic technology to please woke tree-huggers. Don’t be surprised that this is an end-around play by the tree-huggers to end the cultivation and sale of real beef. Insidious bastards.

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  9. oh this will be good. remember when mercedes experimented with bio components in the 90s… remember that.. self recycling engine wiring.. yeah.. remember that. well in 4 years the harnesses started melting requiring a complete replacement. they quickly went to normal plastic\rubber wire shielding.

    bio = planned failure. gm wants to make nothing last. you will buy a new box every 2 years and be happy!

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  10. Of course GM will only offer it in black or grey!

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  11. Nonsense! Why do we need these renewable materials when the US has the highest beef consumption in the entire world. Unless we suddenly become a nation of strict vegans, leather is a renewable material with over 900,000 cows slaughtered every single day in the US.

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