New Mercedes sustainability scheme promises significant CO2 cut

Manufacturer is rethinking how components are designed, manufactured and recycled under the name Tomorrow XX

Mercedes-Benz has revealed details of a new engineering programme aimed at reducing the embedded carbon footprint of its future cars by rethinking how components are designed, manufactured and recycled.
Called Tomorrow XX, the initiative sets out what the German company describes as a “technical pathway to lower upstream CO2 output” – although most elements remain in early-stage development and Mercedes hasn’t committed to production timelines or which models might be among the first to to benefit from the program.
Chief technology officer Jörg Burzer said Mercedes is currently evaluating “more than 40 different components to reduce emissions and to make materials easier to repair, separate and recycle”, in what he called a shift “beyond tailpipe emissions to those created before a new model even reaches the road”.
A main driver in the programme is the sheer volume of plastic