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WMG sends race car you can grow to Eden Project
PR0107 issued on 22 March 2007
If you thought motor-racing was all about petrol-heads and champagne, WMG students at the University of Warwick will make you think again.
Eco One is an environmentally-friendly race car with a difference: its shell is made from hemp, the tyres made from potatoes and the brake pads made from cashew nut shells. It also runs entirely on bio-fuels and bio-lubricants.