New materials for new processes.

We are not only working to make our vehicles generate fewer emissions and be more efficient, but also evolving the way we produce them at our plants around the world.

To keep the consumption of primary resources as low as possible, Mercedes-Benz aims to increase the share of recycled materials in selected applications. The focus is on aluminium, steel, battery materials, and plastics, as these are particularly energy- and resource-intensive. In development we follow the Design for Environment approach. As early as the design stage of our vehicles, we reconsider the composition of all materials used. In addition to low-carbon steel and aluminium, innovative recyclates are already in use, for example bow door handles in the production of which fossil raw materials have been replaced by biomethane and pyrolysis oil from recycled used tyres.