Today, with industrial production, our nature has been damaged a lot. With the increasing awareness and various restrictions recently, this situation is wanted to be prevented. BMW and MINI brands aim to adopt a more environmentally friendly policy in production by taking a step in this direction.
Brands that want to act in line with this goal have started to change their production habits. On production renewable energy and by using recyclable materials, it is desired to minimize the damage to nature.
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BMW and MINI will use green energy in wheel production
BMW and MINI, plans to use more renewable energy and recyclable materials in production in the coming years. According to the statement, BMW and it contains MINIproduced using only renewable energy from 2024. aluminum wheels will use.
With the green energy used, it is planned to reduce the carbon footprint during the electrolysis and casting processes of aluminum. BMWannually, these measures are approximately 500 thousand tons It believes that it will prevent CO2 emissions.
BMW Manager Joachim Postused the following statements about the new green energy policies:
“Green energy is one of the biggest contributors to reducing CO2 emissions in our supply chain. We have signed more than 400 contracts with our suppliers, including wheel and aluminum suppliers, that require them to use green energy.”
Aluminum plays an important role in this environmentally friendly step as it is a suitable material for recycling. The Bavarian brand plans to melt old wheels and reuse aluminum in different materials.
In this attempt MINI will be the pioneer. from 2023 Mini CountrymanLightweight cast wheels made from 70 percent recycled aluminum will be used. Wheels produced with fully recyclable energy will also help reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent.
This initiative, which only covers rims, may not seem very impressive to you at first. However, BMW Group Let us remind you that approximately 10 million light alloy wheels, 95 percent of which are made of cast aluminum, are used annually. Considering these figures, we can say that the damage to the environment can be significantly reduced. BMW and MINI At least, it will have taken an important step in the environmental approach to production.
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