Around one third of the new iX5 is made from waste products or recycled materials Making cars greener involves a lot more than reducing tailpipe emissions or fashioning seat covers from recycled plastic bottles. It spans the whole gamut of environmental implications in manufacturing, use and end-of-life disposal. Putting a figure on a car’s CO2 footprint is a huge task, and for the past couple of decades considerable brain power has been expended on figuring out the cradle-to-grave CO2 impact of vehicles and powertrains. The results now lie in Life Cycle Analysis databases that make it easier to put figures on a new car’s environmental impact. BMW has done it…
How BMW cut the X5’s emissions by 40% – before turning a wheel
