Lunaz Increases Size Of Electric Vehicle Upcycling Facility In Silverstone By 300 Percent | Carscoops carscoops
, and convert them into warrantied-as-new condition electric vehicles. A study commissioned by Lunaz found that by upcycling old vehicles, rather than building brand-new EVs, the company saves 80 percent of a vehicle’s lifetime embedded carbon emissions.
Beyond the inherent benefit of upcycling, the company’s processes are also as green as possible. The campus has been built to be highly thermally efficient, and the heaters are powered using . All tools in the facility will be battery operated and vehicle ramps will have a kinetic energy recovery system to minimize their power usage.electromodding
process sees these vehicles stripped down to the bare chassis, shot blasted with a highly reusable material, painted using the same material found on the fan blades of jet engines for maximum longevity, and all plastics repaired or recoated. The traditional dashboards, meanwhile, are replaced with digital screens., the company says, and makes it a world leader in this type of recommissioning.
“This development will enable us to unlock the vast potential of UEV technology to break the replace-with-new cycle and bring us ever closer to carbon neutrality,” said Lorenz.
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